• DocumentCode
    448158
  • Title

    All-optical digital half-subtracter/adder using semiconductor optical amplifiers and a PPLN waveguide

  • Author

    McGeehan, J.E. ; Kumar, S. ; Willner, Alan E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1061
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an all-optical digital half-subtracter/adder that performs bit-wise subtraction and addition of two binary data streams. Two SOAs and a periodically-poled lithium-niobate waveguide generate borrow, difference/sum, and carry outputs with maximum 1.0-dB power penalty.
  • Keywords
    adders; lithium compounds; optical logic; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; LiNbO3; SOA; all-optical digital half-subtracter-adder; binary data stream; bit-wise addition; bit-wise subtraction; periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide; semiconductor optical amplifier; Adders; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202024
  • Filename
    1573090
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=448158