• DocumentCode
    938222
  • Title

    All optical XOR logic gates: technologies and experiment demonstrations

  • Author

    Zhang, Min ; Wang, Ling ; Ye, Peida

  • Author_Institution
    Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Abstract
    This article reviews the current status and technologies of all-optical XOR gates. Various schemes with semiconductor optical amplifiers, particularly those associated with interferometric structures, are discussed and compared. Finally, the applications of all-optical XOR gates to emerging networks are explored, and the future direction is outlined.
  • Keywords
    light interferometry; logic gates; optical fibre amplifiers; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all optical XOR logic gate; interferometric structure; semiconductor optical amplifier; Boolean functions; Logic gates; Optical beams; Optical fiber communication; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Testing; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.2005.1453421
  • Filename
    1453421