Title :
Photonic chip based all-optical XOR gate for phase-encoded signals
Author :
Vo, T.D. ; Schröder, J. ; Pant, R. ; Pelusi, M.D. ; Madden, S.J. ; Choi, D. -Y ; Bulla, D.A.P. ; Luther-Davies, B. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate error-free, no power penalty, all-optical XOR operation for 40 Gbit/s phase-encoded signals in a highly-nonlinear photonic chip. This scheme exploits the Kerr nonlinearity in a dispersion-engineered chalcogenide (As2S3) planar waveguide.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical logic; optical planar waveguides; As2S3; Kerr nonlinearity; all-optical XOR gate; dispersion-engineered chalcogenide planar waveguide; nonlinear photonic chip; phase-encoded signal; Adaptive optics; Differential phase shift keying; Logic gates; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
