Title :
All-optical XOR gate with feedback using highly ge-doped nonlinear fiber
Author :
Fok, Mable P. ; Trappe, Wade ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical XOR gate with feedback using cross-polarization-rotation in a highly Ge-doped-nonlinear fiber. The optical feedback employs a TOAD to clean up signal and for wavelength conversion, resulting in a wide-open eye diagram.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; germanium; logic gates; optical feedback; optical fibre polarisation; optical logic; optical rotation; optical wavelength conversion; JkJk:Ge; TOAD; all-optical XOR gate; cross-polarization rotation; nonlinear fiber; optical feedback; terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer; wavelength conversion; wide-open eye diagram; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
