All-optical half adder using an SOA and a PPLN waveguide for signal processing in optical networks

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10255-10260

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a   Willner, Alan E ^a   Gurkan, Deniz ^b   Parameswaran, Krishnan R ^c   Fejer, Martin M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LOGIC GATES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE WAVEGUIDES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL ELEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

ADDERS;

EID: 33750701788     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010255     Document Type: Article

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