Title :
All-optical 3-bit counter using two cascaded stages of SOA-MZI-based T-flip-flops
Author :
Fitsios, D. ; Alexoudi, T. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Miliou, A. ; Pleros, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
We present a 3-bit all-optical counter comprising two cascaded stages of a novel optical T-Flip-Flop that employs one SOA-MZI and a feedback loop. Experimental verification is demonstrated at 8MHz using a fiber-based feedback loop implementation.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; flip-flops; optical feedback; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; SOA-MZI-based T-flip-flops; all-optical 3-bit counter; cascaded stages; feedback loop; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110694
