An all-optical XOR logic gate for high-speed RZ-DPSK signals by FWM in semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 702-707

  Deng, Ning ^a,b   Chan, Kit ^a,b,c   Chan, Chun Kit ^a,b   Chen, Lian Kuan ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SAE Magnetics HK Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

All optical logic gate; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Exclusive OR (XOR); Four wave mixing (FWM); Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATE; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING (DPSK); EXCLUSIVE OR (XOR); OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LOGIC GATES;

EID: 33747242016     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.876603     Document Type: Article

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