Title :
All optical XNOR gate using simultaneous four-wave mixing and cross-gain modulation in an SOA
Author :
Kumar, S. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical XNOR-gate using simultaneous FWM and XGM in an SOA. Error-free operation for 5-Gb/s RZ data with < 2dB power-penalty is reported. The module also performs as a half-adder with inverted ´sum´ output.
Keywords :
logic gates; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical logic; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 5 Gbit/s; FWM; RZ data; SOA; XGM; all optical XNOR gate; cross-gain modulation; four-wave mixing; half-adder; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Logic; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363541
