• DocumentCode
    2300900
  • Title

    Optical AND and NOT gates at 40 Gbps using electro-absorption modulator/photodiode Pairs

  • Author

    Skogen, Erik J. ; Vawter, G. Allen ; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Peake, Greg M. ; Overberg, Mark E. ; Alford, Charles R. ; Torres, David L. ; Sullivan, Charles T.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    53
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an optical gate architecture using electro-absorption modulator/photodiode pairs to perform AND and NOT functions. Optical bandwidth for both gates reach 40 GHz. Also shown are AND gate waveforms at 40 Gbps.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; logic gates; optical logic; photodiodes; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; electroabsorption modulator; frequency 40 GHz; optical AND gates; optical NOT gates; photodiode; Integrated optoelectronics; Optical logic devices; Optical switches; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • ISSN
    -
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5368-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    -
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698752
  • Filename
    5698752