All-optical digital circuits exploiting SOA-based loop memories

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 847-858

  Berrettini, Gianluca ^a   Nguyen, An Truong ^a   Lazzeri, Emma ^a   Meloni, Gianluca ^a   Scaffardi, Mirco ^b   Potì, Luca ^b   Bogoni, Antonella ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffer memories; linear feedback shift register; random access memory; semiconductor optical amplifier; shift register

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; BUFFER MEMORY; ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION; ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION; GAIN ELEMENTS; LINEAR FEEDBACK SHIFT REGISTERS; NETWORK NODE; OPTICAL BUFFER; OPTICAL DOMAINS; OPTICAL INTEGRATION; OPTICAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SHIFT REGISTERS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PSEUDO RANDOM BIT SEQUENCES; RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

SHIFT REGISTERS;

EID: 84858447079     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2138120     Document Type: Article

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