DocumentCode
421716
Title
All-optical XOR gate based on Kerr effect in single highly-nonlinear fiber
Author
Yu, C. ; Christen, L. ; Luo, T. ; Wang, Y. ; Pan, Z. ; Yan, L.-S. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We demonstrate an all-optical XOR gate based on Kerr effect in a single highly-nonlinear fiber. We obtain a 25 dB extinction ratio using 2-km of highly-nonlinear fiber with a nonlinear coefficient of 9.1 W/sup -1/km/sup -1/.
Keywords
logic gates; nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical logic; packet switching; 2 km; Kerr effect; all-optical XOR gate; extinction ratio; highly-nonlinear fiber; nonlinear coefficient;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360929
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