All-optical logic based on silicon micro-ring resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 924-929

  Xu, Qianfan ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT EXTINCTION; LOGIC GATES; MICROOPTICS; SILICON;

BIT RATE; CARRIER EXTRACTION; FREE CARRIER DISPERSION; SILICON RING RESONATORS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 33846853107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000924     Document Type: Article

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