• DocumentCode
    2750739
  • Title

    All-optical 3-bit counter using two cascaded stages of SOA-MZI-based T-flip-flops

  • Author

    Fitsios, D. ; Alexoudi, T. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Miliou, A. ; Pleros, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    607
  • Lastpage
    608
  • Abstract
    We present a 3-bit all-optical counter comprising two cascaded stages of a novel optical T-Flip-Flop that employs one SOA-MZI and a feedback loop. Experimental verification is demonstrated at 8MHz using a fiber-based feedback loop implementation.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; flip-flops; optical feedback; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; SOA-MZI-based T-flip-flops; all-optical 3-bit counter; cascaded stages; feedback loop; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110694
  • Filename
    6110694
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2750739