Missing pieces in the puzzle of ultra-high speed all-optical logic

Author

Vlachos, K. ; Zoiros, K. ; Houbavlis, T. ; Hatziefremidis, A. ; Avramopoulos, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

768

Abstract

We demonstrate Boolean XOR operation at 10 Gbps using an SOA assisted Sagnac interferometer and an optical clock multiplication circuit that may be used for local gate synchronization. The XOR operation of the SOA-assisted Sagnac was verified using two modulated optical control beams A and B that may take a logical O and 1. The logical output is imprinted on a third optical beam (CLK) which is held on input continuously to a logical 1 and is monitored at the transmission port T of the gate

Keywords

clocks; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; 10 Gbit/s; Boolean XOR operation; SOA assisted Sagnac interferometer; local gate synchronization; logical output; modulated optical control beams; optical clock multiplication circuit; third optical beam; transmission port; ultra-high speed all-optical logic; Circuits; Clocks; Logic; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Sagnac interferometers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5634-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1999.811960

Filename

811960