All-optical logic XOR using differential scheme and Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 1271-1273

  Chen, H ^a   Zhu, G ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Jaques, J ^b   Leuthold, J ^b   Piccirilli, A B ^b   Dutta, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LOGIC GATES; PHASE MODULATION;

OPTICAL LOGIC SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037057259     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20020882     Document Type: Article

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