Title :
All-optical 85Gb/s XOR Using Dual Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometers and Turbo-switch Configuration
Author :
Yang, X. ; Manning, R.J. ; Webb, R.P.
Author_Institution :
Photonics System Group, Tyndall National Institute & Department of Physics, University College Cork, Lee Maltings, Cork, Ireland, Email: x.yang@ucc.ie
Abstract :
We demonstrate an 85Gb/s XOR gate using dual ultrafast nonlinear interferometer elements based on cross-phase modulation in semiconductor optical amplifiers. The operating speed of the logic gate was enhanced by incorporating the turbo-switch configuration.
Keywords :
Delay; Filters; Interferometers; Logic gates; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800937
