• DocumentCode
    2162852
  • Title

    All-optical T flip-flop using a single SOA-MZI and a feedback loop

  • Author

    Vyrsokinos, K. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Fitsios, D. ; Alexoudi, T. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Miliou, A. ; Pleros, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. & Telematics Inst., Center for Res. & Technol. Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present an all-optical T flip-flop that requires a single toggling driving signal and is based on a SOA-MZI and a feedback loop. Experimental proof-of-principle verification is demonstrated at 7.969 Mb/s using a fiber-based feedback implementation.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; flip-flops; optical feedback; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical T flip-flop; bit rate 7.969 Mbit/s; feedback loop; fiber-based feedback; single SOA-MZI; single toggling driving signal; Feedback loop; Flip-flops; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6066107