Title :
All-optical XOR gate based on Kerr effect in single highly-nonlinear fiber
Author :
Yu, C. ; Christen, L. ; Luo, T. ; Wang, Y. ; Pan, Z. ; Yan, L.-S. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical XOR gate based on Kerr effect in a single highly-nonlinear fiber. We obtain a 25 dB extinction ratio using 2-km of highly-nonlinear fiber with a nonlinear coefficient of 9.1 W/sup -1/km/sup -1/.
Keywords :
logic gates; nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical logic; packet switching; 2 km; Kerr effect; all-optical XOR gate; extinction ratio; highly-nonlinear fiber; nonlinear coefficient;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
