Title :
All-optical circulating shift register using a semiconductor optical amplifier in a fibre loop mirror
Author :
Poustie, A.J. ; Manning, R.J. ; Blow, K.J.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
6/20/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors experimentally demonstrate an all-optical circulating shift register in which the nonlinear element is a semiconductor optical amplifier. This device shows the potential for low latency, high speed, low power all-optical processing
Keywords :
mirrors; optical fibres; optical information processing; optical logic; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; shift registers; all-optical circulating shift register; fibre loop mirror; nonlinear element; semiconductor optical amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960804
