Title :
Novel method of all-optical OR operation using semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Kang, I. ; Rasras, M. ; Buhl, L. ; Dinu, M. ; Cabot, S. ; Cappuzzo, M. ; Gomez, L.T. ; Chen, Y.F. ; Patel, S.S. ; Dutta, N. ; Piccirilli, A. ; Jaques, J. ; Giles, C.R.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose a novel method of all-optical OR operation using semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometers. We demonstrate all-optical OR operation at 42.8 Gb/s using a hybrid photonic integrated device.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; all-optical OR operation; bit rate 42.8 Gbit/s; hybrid photonic integrated device; semiconductor optical amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621589
