• DocumentCode
    2343441
  • Title

    All-optical digital 3-input AND gate using sum- and difference-frequency generation in a PPLN waveguide

  • Author

    McGeehan, J.E. ; Giltrelli, M. ; Willner, A.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-27 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    179
  • Lastpage
    180
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an all-optical bit-wise 3-input AND gate using a single periodically-poled-lithium-niobate (PPLN) waveguide as a nonlinear optical element. Our module generates output ´1´ bits only when all inputs are ´1´, with negligible power penalty.
  • Keywords
    optical frequency conversion; optical logic; optical waveguide components; LiNbO3; PPLN waveguide; all-optical digital 3-input AND gate; difference-frequency generation; nonlinear optical element; periodically-poled-lithium-niobate; sum-frequency generation; Logic; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8981-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528052
  • Filename
    1528052