DocumentCode
790742
Title
All-optical logic gates by using multibranch waveguide structure with localized optical nonlinearity
Author
Wu, Yaw-Dong
Author_Institution
Electron. Eng., Nat. Kaohsiung Univ. of Appl. Sci., Kaosiung, Taiwan
Volume
11
Issue
2
fYear
2005
Firstpage
307
Lastpage
312
Abstract
We propose all-optical logic gates by using a multibranch waveguide structure with localized optical nonlinearity. By simply setting nonlinear media in the selected output guides and properly launching the input power, the numerical results show that the proposed all-optical waveguide structure could really function as AND and OR logic gates.
Keywords
logic gates; nonlinear media; nonlinear optics; optical design techniques; optical logic; optical waveguide theory; AND gate; OR gate; all-optical gates; all-optical waveguide; localized optical nonlinearity; logic gates; multibranch waveguide structure; nonlinear media; output guides; Logic gates; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; All-optical logic gates; localized optical nonlinearity; multibranch waveguide structures; nonlinear optics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1077-260X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JSTQE.2005.846534
Filename
1425465
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