• DocumentCode
    505717
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    617
  • Lastpage
    618
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343425
  • Filename
    5343425