Title :
Photonic logic NOR gate using two symmetric microring resonators
Author :
Ibrahim, Tarek A. ; Kuo, L.C. ; Amarnath, K. ; Grover, R. ; Van, V. ; Ho, P.-T.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Phys. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical NOR logic gate which consists of two cascaded and symmetric GaAs-AlGaAs microring resonators. The switching energy of the device is 20 pJ/pulse and the switching window is 40 ps
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; logic gates; optical logic; optical resonators; optical switches; 40 ps; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs-AlGaAs microring resonators; photonic logic NOR gate; switching energy; switching window;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
