Title :
Optical logic gate by the modulation of self-locking of a single mode FP-LD
Author :
Uddin, M. Rakib ; Lim, J.S. ; Jeong, Y.D. ; Won, Y.H.
Author_Institution :
Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
An all-optical logic gate with NOR and NOT functions is proposed using a tunable single mode Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD). A high on-off contrast ratio of over 40 dB is measured.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical logic; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; NOR functions; NOT functions; all-optical logic gate; on-off contrast ratio; self-locking modulation; tunable single mode Fabry-Perot laser diode; Fiber nonlinear optics; Light sources; Logic gates; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Probes; Tunable circuits and devices; All-optical logic gate; injection locking; optical signal processing; single mode Fabry-Perot laser diode;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307786
