Title :
A Reconfigurable All-Optical AND/OR Logic Gate using Multilevel Modulation and Self-Phase Modulation
Author :
Huo, Li ; Lin, Chinlon ; Chan, Chun-Kit ; Chen, Lian-Kuan
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Abstract :
We demonstrated a reconfigurable and polarization-independent all-optical logic gate based on multilevel modulation and self-phase modulation. Reconfigurable logic AND and OR operations were realized by simply adjusting the center frequency of an optical band-pass filter.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical logic; optical modulation; phase modulation; all-optical logic gate; logic AND operation; logic OR operation; multilevel modulation; optical band-pass filter; self-phase modulation; Logic gates; Reconfigurable logic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348684