Method of conducting an all-optical NAND logic operation controlled from a long distance

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Mandal, Prasanta ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sourangshu ^b  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Electro optic modulator; Nonlinear waveguide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR; NONLINEAR WAVEGUIDES;

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LOGIC GATES; NAND CIRCUITS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34447260738     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2714526     Document Type: Article

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