Title :
All-optical logic gates based on an SOA and an optical filter
Author :
Li, Z. ; Liu, Y. ; Zhang, S. ; Ju, H. ; de Waardt, H. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Lenstra, D.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
A novel all-optical logic device, composed of an SOA and an optical filter, is demonstrated for AND, OR and XOR gates at 10 Gb/s. Simulation indicates the device can operate at much higher bit rate.
Keywords :
logic gates; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; AND gate; OR gate; SOA; XOR gate; all-optical logic gates; optical filter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
