Reconfigurable optical logic unit with a terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer and electro-optic switches

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3737-3742

  Zhang, Yi Shen ^a,b   Lin, Li Wu ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUOYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DEMULTIPLEXING; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS; BINARY LOGIC; ELECTRO-OPTIC SWITCH; OPTICAL LOGIC; RECONFIGURABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE; TERAHERTZ OPTICAL ASYMMETRIC DEMULTIPLEXERS;

RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

EID: 51949110786     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.003737     Document Type: Article

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