Title :
A proposal and analytical investigation of all-optical T-type Flip-Flop using SOAs
Author :
Shimizu, S. ; Uenohara, H.
Author_Institution :
Precision&Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We propose an all-optical T-type Flip-Flop for DPSK encoding consisting of counter-faced SOA-based XOR gate for the first time. Numerical simulation reveals the possibility of its stable operation in 10 Gbps.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; flip-flops; integrated optics; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; DPSK encoding; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA; all-optical T-type flip-flop; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; counter-faced XOR gate; differential phase shift keying; numerical simulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Encoding; Equations; Feedback; Flip-flops; Interference; Numerical simulation; Optical waveguides; Proposals; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; MZI; SOA; T-type Flip-Flop; XPM;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307802
