DocumentCode
3216851
Title
All-optical XNOR gate using quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author
Dimitriadou, E. ; Zoiros, K.E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
fYear
2012
fDate
18-20 July 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
An all-optical XNOR gate is theoretically implemented using for the first time a quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer. By conducting numerical simulation the feasibility of the proposed scheme is demonstrated for return-to-zero data pulses at 160 Gb/s and a suitable choice of values for the critical parameters is specified that allows XNOR logic to be executed with high performance at this ultrafast bit rate.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical logic; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; XNOR logic; all optical XNOR gate; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier; return-to-zero data pulse; Logic gates; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Quantum dots; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2012 8th International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Poznan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1472-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292656
Filename
6292656
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