Proposal for all-optical switchable OR/XOR logic gates using sum-frequency generation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 541-543

  Wang, Jian ^a   Sun, Junqiang ^a   Sun, Qizhen ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

All optical logic gate; All optical signal processing; Nonlinear optics; Periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN); Sum frequency generation (SFG)

Indexed keywords

LOGIC GATES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE (PPLN); SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION (SFG);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 34247175878     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.893893     Document Type: Article

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