• DocumentCode
    1487898
  • Title

    42.6 Gbit/s fully integrated all-optical XOR gate

  • Author

    Dailey, James M. ; Ibrahim, Selwan K. ; Manning, R.J. ; Webb, R.P. ; Lardenois, S. ; Maxwell, G.D. ; Poustie, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1047
  • Lastpage
    1049
  • Abstract
    An SOA-based all-optical high-speed Mach-Zehnder interferometer exclusive-OR (XOR) gate fabricated in a silica III-V hybrid-integration technology platform is demonstrated. The device includes integrated time delays for rapid differential operation as well as integrated phase shifters for fine tuning of power splitters and interferometer bias enabling highly optimised XOR gate operation. XOR functionality is verified through inspection of the output pulse sequence and the carrier-suppressed output spectrum. A 2.3-dB penalty for a 42.6-Gbit-s RZ-OOK signal at a 10-9 bit error rate is observed.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; delays; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical XOR gate; bit rate 42.6 Gbit/s; integrated phase shifters; integrated time delays; power splitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.2036
  • Filename
    5270395
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1487898