DocumentCode
960419
Title
Ultrahigh-speed reconfigurable logic gates based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author
Li, Zhihong ; Li, Guifang
Volume
18
Issue
12
fYear
2006
fDate
6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1341
Lastpage
1343
Abstract
We have demonstrated simple reconfigurable all-optical logic operations based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifier and encoding information in the polarization of the input signals. Experimental implementation of six logic functions (including XOR, XNOR, AND, NOR, etc.) operating at 10 Gb/s were realized by simply adjusting two polarization controllers in the setup
Keywords
encoding; logic gates; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; all-optical logic gates; encoding; four-wave mixing; logic functions; polarization controller; semiconductor optical amplifier; Encoding; Four-wave mixing; Logic functions; Logic gates; Optical fiber networks; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Probes; Reconfigurable logic; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; All-optical signal processing; four-wave mixing (FWM); logic gate; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2006.877008
Filename
1638503
Link To Document