1.3 to 1.55 $\\mu\\hbox {m}$ All-Optical Wavelength Conversion for VCSEL-to-VCSEL Inversion and Logic

Author

Mazzucato, Simone ; Schires, Kevin ; Hurtado, Antonio ; Adams, Michael J. ; Henning, Ian D. ; Balkan, Naci

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

2012

fDate

6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

817

Lastpage

824

Abstract

We demonstrate all-optical wavelength conversion from the O to the C band using a 1550-nm commercial vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to external optical injection at 1300 nm. For the first time to our knowledge, we show that this configuration can also be used to develop all-optical inverters and cross-band NAND and NOR gates based on VCSEL devices, and investigate their potential speed of operation.

Keywords

logic gates; optical logic; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; NOR gates; VCSEL devices; VCSEL-to-VCSEL inversion; all-optical inverters; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-band NAND gates; external optical injection; logic; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; wavelength 1300 nm; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Optical wavelength conversion, switching converters, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2198803

Filename

6203349

1.3 to 1.55 All-Optical Wavelength Conversion for VCSEL-to-VCSEL Inversion and Logic

Mazzucato, Simone ; Schires, Kevin ; Hurtado, Antonio ; Adams, Michael J. ; Henning, Ian D. ; Balkan, Naci

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1.3 to 1.55 $\\mu\\hbox {m}$ All-Optical Wavelength Conversion for VCSEL-to-VCSEL Inversion and Logic