Title :
All-optical logic circuits based on the nonlinear properties of the semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Elfaramawy, Nema ; Awad, Amira
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alexandria Univ., Egypt
fDate :
28 June-1 July 2004
Abstract :
This work shows the importance of utilising the nonlinear properties of the semiconductor optical amplifier SOA in constructing optical logic gates, half and full adders, flip-flops, counters and registers. Consequently, SOA may be considered as a promising component for building all-optical digital computer. By using the SOASIM software, This work shows how the optical buffer, inverter, unit-step pulse and falling/rising clock edges can be generated.
Keywords :
adders; buffer circuits; counting circuits; digital computers; flip-flops; logic circuits; logic gates; nonlinear optics; semiconductor optical amplifiers; shift registers; SOA; SOASIM software; all-optical digital computer; all-optical logic circuit; clock edge falling; counter; flip-flop; full adder; half adder; inverter; nonlinear property; optical buffer; optical logic gate; register; rising clock edge; semiconductor optical amplifier; unit-step pulse; Adders; Flip-flops; Logic circuits; Logic gates; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 2004. Proceedings. ISCC 2004. Ninth International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8623-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.2004.1358416
