Title :
A timing jitter insensitive logic gate using tunable gain dynamics in an SOA and optical thresholding
Author :
Yue Tian ; Fok, Mable P. ; Prucnal, Paul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable and timing-jitter insensitive AND/NOT gate based on tunable gain dynamics in a semiconductor optical amplifier and optical thresholding. The measured jitter tolerance is up to ±50 ps or ±25 ps for the AND/NOT gate.
Keywords :
optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; SOA; jitter tolerance; optical thresholding; reconfigurable AND-NOT logic gate; semiconductor optical amplifier; timing-jitter insensitive AND-NOT logic gate; tunable gain dynamics; Logic gates; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
