All-optical logic gates by using multibranch waveguide structure with localized optical nonlinearity

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-312

  Wu, Yaw Dong ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

All optical logic gates; Localized optical nonlinearity; Multibranch waveguide structures; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES; LOCALLIZED OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; MULTIBRANCH WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR GUIDING FILMS;

LOGIC GATES;

EID: 18844407476     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.846534     Document Type: Article

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