Numerical analysis of the performance of Mach-Zehnder interferometric logic gates enhanced with coupled nonlinear ring- Resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2323-2335

  Cuesta Soto, Francisco ^a   Martínez, Alejandro ^a   Blasco, J ^a   Martí, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RESONATORS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETRIC LOGIC GATES; MAXIMUM BIT RATES; NONLINEAR SLOT WAVEGUIDES; RING RESONATOR STRUCTURES;

LOGIC GATES;

EID: 33847726228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002323     Document Type: Article

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