Photonic processing for digital comparison and full addition based on semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 826-833

  Scaffardi, Mirco ^b   Ghelfi, Paolo ^b   Lazzeri, Emma ^b   Potì, Luca ^a,b   Bogoni, Antonella ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital signal processors; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing; Optical logic devices; Packet switching

Indexed keywords

ADDERS; ADDITION REACTIONS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BIT ERROR RATE; COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

(140.4480)OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; ALL-OPTICAL; BIT ERRORS; BIT PATTERNS; COMPLEX CIRCUITS; COUNTERPROPAGATING (CP); CROSS POLARIZATION (CP); CROSS-GAIN MODULATION (XGM); DIGITAL PROCESSING; FAST OPERATION; FULL ADDER (FA); INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; INTERACTING SIGNALS; OPTICAL NETWORKS; OUTPUT SIGNALS; PACKET LATENCIES; PHOTONIC; PHOTONIC PROCESSING; SEMI CONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 45249100205     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.918652     Document Type: Article

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