Integrated Multi-Bit All-Optical NOR Gate for High Speed Data Processing

Author

Cabezon, Miguel ; Villafranca, Asier ; Martinez, Juan ; Izquierdo, David ; Garces, Ignacio

Author_Institution

Photonic Technol. Group at I3A, Univ. de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Volume

31

Issue

8

fYear

2013

fDate

15-Apr-13

Firstpage

1178

Lastpage

1184

Abstract

In this paper, we study the use of integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers as the basic building block for larger-scale programmable photonic circuits. Making use of the non-linear response of these devices, we study the performance of 4-bit all-optical NOR gates based on fully integrable components for high speed all-optical look up tables. Feasibility of the proposed architecture is demonstrated by proof-of-concept experiments using both commercially available devices and photonic integrated circuits.

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; building block; high speed data processing; integrated multibit all-optical NOR gate; integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers; larger-scale programmable photonic circuits; nonlinear response; photonic integrated circuits; Logic gates; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Table lookup; Logic gates; optical wavelength conversion; photonic integrated circuits; programmable logic devices; semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2245099

Filename

6450018