Title :
Compact all-optical parity calculator based on a single all-active Mach Zehnder interferometer with all-SOA amplified feedback
Author :
Nielsen, M. ; Petersen, M. ; Nord, M. ; Dagens, B.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center COM, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
An all-optical signal processing circuit capable of parity calculations is demonstrated using a single integrated all-active SOA-based MZI, exploiting the integrated SOAs for feedback amplification.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electronic calculators; feedback amplifiers; integrated optoelectronics; optical feedback; optical information processing; parity check codes; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-SOA amplified feedback; all-active Mach Zehnder interferometer; all-optical signal processing circuit; compact all-optical parity calculator; feedback amplification; integrated SOA; parity calculations; Circuits; Clocks; Delay; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal processing; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247652
