Novel ultrafast all-optical XOR scheme based on Sagnac interferometric structure

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 823-827

  Zhou, Yunfeng ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Lin, Jintong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

All optical logic; Sagnac interferometric structure; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); XOR operation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LOGIC GATES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PUMPING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETRIC STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); XOR OPERATION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 20544446914     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.847544     Document Type: Article

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