Title :
All-optical static RAM cell with read/write functionality at 5 Gb/s
Author :
Pleros, N. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Petrantonakis, D. ; Stamatiadis, C. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Abstract :
We demonstrate an optical static RAM cell that comprises two SOA-based switches and an integrated SOA-MZI flip-flop, providing random access read/write functionality at 5 Gb/s.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; SRAM chips; flip-flops; integrated optoelectronics; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical static RAM cell; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; integrated SOA-MZI flip-flop; random access read-write functionality; semiconductor optical amplifiers; switches; Electron optics; Flip-flops; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical buffering; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Random access memory; Read-write memory;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729311
