Theoretical analysis and performance investigation of ultrafast all-optical Boolean XOR gate with semiconductor optical amplifier-assisted Sagnac interferometer

Optics Communications

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-134

  Zoiros, K E ^a   Papadopoulos, G ^a   Houbavlis, T ^a   Kanellos, G T ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

All optical Boolean XOR logic; All optical signal processing; All optical switching; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); SOA assisted Sagnac interferometer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWITCHING;

ALL-OPTICAL BOOLEAN XOR LOGIC; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); SOA-ASSISTED SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER;

GATES (TRANSISTOR);

EID: 29344470722     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.07.059     Document Type: Article

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