Proposal for ultrafast all-optical XNOR gate using single quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-88

  Dimitriadou, E ^a   Zoiros, K E ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

All optical XNOR logic; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

160 GB/S; ALL-OPTICAL XNOR LOGIC; AUXILIARY SIGNALS; CRITICAL PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; DATA STREAM; DESIGN PROCEDURE; HIGH QUALITY; INPUT SIGNAL; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; RETURN-TO-ZERO DATUM; TARGET DATA RATE; ULTRA-FAST; XNOR GATE;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 84866520799     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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