Title :
All optical NOR and OR gates using cross polarization modulation in a single SOA
Author :
Han, Liuyan ; Teng, Xiang ; Hu, Langbin ; Hua, Nan ; Zhang, Hanyi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., China
Abstract :
We present all optical NOR and OR gates in the same experimental setup based on cross polarization modulation effect in a single SOA. Both NOR and OR gates are experimentally demonstrated at 10 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
logic gates; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical logic; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; NOR gate; OR gate; SOA; all optical gate; cross polarization modulation; High speed optical techniques; Logic functions; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548066
