• DocumentCode
    764311
  • Title

    All-optical digital 3-input AND gate using sum- and difference-frequency generation in PPLN waveguide

  • Author

    McGeehan, J.E. ; Giltrelli, M. ; Willner, A.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, CA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    409
  • Lastpage
    410
  • Abstract
    Demonstrated is an all-optical bit-wise 3-input AND gate using a single periodically-poled-lithium-niobate (PPLN) waveguide as a nonlinear optical element. The module generates output `1´ bits only when all inputs are `1´, with negligible power penalty
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical logic; optical waveguides; PPLN waveguide; all-optical AND gate; digital 3-input AND gate; nonlinear optical element; periodically-poled-lithium-niobate waveguide; sum-and difference-frequency generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20073430
  • Filename
    4145304