Ultrafast integrable and reconfigurable XNOR, AND, NOR, and NOT photonic logic gate

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 917-919

  Berrettini, G ^a   Simi, A ^a   Malacarne, A ^a   Bogoni, A ^b   Poti L ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical data processing; Optical logic devices; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; CROSS GAIN MODULATION; NOISE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL LOGIC DEVICE; OPTICAL LOGIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC LOGIC; POWER PENALTY; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RETURN-TO-ZERO SIGNALS; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRA-FAST PHOTONICS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

BIONICS; BIT ERROR RATE; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LOGIC GATES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 33845314377     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.873570     Document Type: Article

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