Title :
All-optical 160Gb/s half-addition half-subtraction and AND/OR function exploiting pump depletion and nonlinearities in a PPLN waveguide
Author :
Bogoni, A. ; Wu, X. ; Fazal, I. ; Willner, A.
Author_Institution :
CNIT, Pisa
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous all-optical half-adder, half-subtracter and AND/OR-functions at 160 Gbit/s. The various functions are produced in a PPLN waveguide through pump depletion as well as sum and difference frequency generation.
Keywords :
adders; integrated optics; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical logic; optical waveguides; AND function; LiNbO3; OR function; PPLN waveguide nonlinearity; all-optical half-adder function; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; difference frequency generation; half-subtracter function; pump depletion; Band pass filters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Logic devices; Logic functions; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729575
