Title :
All-Optical XOR gate by means of a single semiconductor optical amplifier without assist probe light
Author :
Porzi, Claudio ; Scaffardi, M. ; Potì, L. ; Bogoni, A.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
An all-optical XOR gate with no assist probe signal and single input/output wavelength operation is demonstrated at 10 Gb/s exploiting nonlinear effects in a single semiconductor optical amplifier. Error-free performance is reported.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all optical XOR gate; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; nonlinear effects; single semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength operation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Polarization; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343425
