All-optical logic gates using nonlinear effects in silicon-on-insulator waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Khorasaninejad, Mohammadreza ^a   Saini, Simarjeet Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METALS; MOS DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR COMPATIBLE; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; OPTICAL LOGIC OPERATIONS; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

EID: 70249109177     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000F32     Document Type: Article

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