DocumentCode
2024328
Title
All optical XNOR gate using simultaneous four-wave mixing and cross-gain modulation in an SOA
Author
Kumar, S. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2004
Firstpage
913
Abstract
We demonstrate an all-optical XNOR-gate using simultaneous FWM and XGM in an SOA. Error-free operation for 5-Gb/s RZ data with < 2dB power-penalty is reported. The module also performs as a half-adder with inverted ´sum´ output.
Keywords
logic gates; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical logic; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 5 Gbit/s; FWM; RZ data; SOA; XGM; all optical XNOR gate; cross-gain modulation; four-wave mixing; half-adder; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Logic; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8557-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363541
Filename
1363541
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