All-optical XOR logic gate for 40Gb/s DPSK signals via FWM in a silicon nanowire

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20364-20371

  Li, F ^a   Vo, T D ^a   Husko, C ^a   Pelusi, M ^a   Xu, D X ^b   Densmore, A ^b   Ma, R ^b   Janz, S ^b   Eggleton, B J ^a   Moss, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LOGIC GATES;

ALL-OPTICAL; DATA SIGNALS; DPSK SIGNALS; ERROR FREE OPERATIONS; LOGIC FUNCTIONS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SYSTEM PENALTY; XOR LOGIC GATES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 80053967229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020364     Document Type: Article

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