• DocumentCode
    2237342
  • Title

    A proposal and analytical investigation of all-optical T-type Flip-Flop using SOAs

  • Author

    Shimizu, S. ; Uenohara, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Precision&Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    15-19 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose an all-optical T-type Flip-Flop for DPSK encoding consisting of counter-faced SOA-based XOR gate for the first time. Numerical simulation reveals the possibility of its stable operation in 10 Gbps.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; flip-flops; integrated optics; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; DPSK encoding; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA; all-optical T-type flip-flop; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; counter-faced XOR gate; differential phase shift keying; numerical simulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Encoding; Equations; Feedback; Flip-flops; Interference; Numerical simulation; Optical waveguides; Proposals; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; MZI; SOA; T-type Flip-Flop; XPM;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pisa
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3857-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3856-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2009.5307802
  • Filename
    5307802