All-optical digital logic gates using bistable semiconductor ring lasers

Journal of Optical Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 190-194

  Li, Bei ^a   Memon, Muhammad Irfan ^a   Mezosi, Gabor ^b   Wang, Zhuoran ^a   Sorel, Marc ^b   Yu, Siyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY LASERS; LOGIC GATES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC; DIGITAL LOGIC GATES; EXTINCTION RATIOS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; NON-RETURN TO ZEROS; RETURN-TO-ZERO FORMATS; SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS; SWITCHING ENERGY;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

EID: 76349085669     PISSN: 01734911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JOC.2009.30.4.190     Document Type: Article

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