Tb/s optical logic gates based on quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-360

  Rostami, Ali ^a   Nejad, Hamed Baghban Asghari ^a   Qartavol, Reza Maram ^a   Saghai, Hassan Rasooli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

All optical processing; Control pulse; Quantum dot (QD) amplifier; Tb s optical gate

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES; ALL-OPTICAL PROCESSING; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CONTROL PULSE; CROSS GAIN MODULATION; GAIN RECOVERY; OPTICAL GATES; OPTICAL LOGIC GATE; OPTICAL XOR GATE; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRA-FAST;

GATES (TRANSISTOR); LOGIC GATES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77949467611     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2033253     Document Type: Article

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