All-optical flip-flop based on a single SOA-MZI

Author

Clavero, R. ; Ramos, F. ; Martinez, J.M. ; Marti, J.

Author_Institution

Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

17

Issue

4

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

843

Lastpage

845

Abstract

A novel architecture of an all-optical flip-flop is proposed. The architecture is comprised of a single semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a feedback loop. The simulation results show that low switching energies (<2-pJ pulses) and fast operation (<1-ns response delays) may be achieved.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; flip-flops; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical couplers; optical feedback; optical interconnections; optical logic; optical switches; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical flip-flop; feedback loop; semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer; single SOA-MZI; switching energies; Couplers; Feedback loop; Flip-flops; Optical bistability; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Mach–Zehnder interferometers (MZIs); optical data processing; optical flip-flops; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.842797

Filename

1411895