40 Gbit/s all-optical XOR gate based on hybrid-integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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- Author(s): R.P. Webb 1 ; R.J. Manning 1 ; G.D. Maxwell 1 ; A.J. Poustie 1
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Corning Research Centre,
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- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 39, Issue 1, 9 January 2003, p. 79 – 81, DOI: 10.1049/el:20030010, Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Abstract
A 40 Gbit/s all-optical XOR gate that uses a novel topology to allow high-speed operation is demonstrated. The gate used is a Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a hybrid-integrated planar silica waveguide structure and semiconductor optical amplifiers.
Inspec keywords: optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; integrated optics; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; optical planar waveguides
Other keywords: hybrid-integrated planar SiO2 waveguide structure; all-optical signal processing; hybrid-integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; high-speed operation; topology; SiO2; 40 Gbit/s all-optical XOR gate
Subjects: Integrated optics; Semiconductor lasers; Optical logic devices and optical computing techniques; Integrated optics; Optical computers, logic elements, and interconnects; Ultrafast optical techniques; Optical interferometry; Lasing action in semiconductors
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