All-optical logic gates containing a two-mode nonlinear waveguide

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-46

  Yabu, Tetsuro ^a   Geshiro, Masahiro ^a   Kitamura, Toshiaki ^a   Nishida, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Sawa, Shinnosuke ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical data processing; Optical Kerr effect; Optical logic devices; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LOGIC CIRCUITS; LOGIC GATES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE SHIFTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; NONLINEAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL LOGIC GATES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0036177109     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.973317     Document Type: Article

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