Eliminating the additional input beam in all-optical XOR gate using Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer (TOAD) based interferometer: A theoretical analysis

Optik

Volumn 122, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1486-1491

  Chattopadhyay, Tanay ^a  

^a The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Binary XOR operation; Optical switching; Polarization; Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer (TOAD)

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL XOR GATE; BOOLEAN XOR LOGIC; CONTRAST RATIO; EXTINCTION RATIOS; INTERFEROMETRIC SWITCHES; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MULTIACCESS NETWORKS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TERAHERTZ OPTICAL ASYMMETRIC DEMULTIPLEXERS; THEORETICAL RESULT; XOR GATES; XOR OPERATION;

BIT ERROR RATE; DEMULTIPLEXING; LIGHT SOURCES; LOGIC GATES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79960030530     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2010.09.033     Document Type: Article

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