NOR gate based on QD-SOA at 250 Gbit/s

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 473-480

  Kotb, Amer ^a,b  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^b NORTHERN BORDER UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder interferometer; Optical logic; Quantum dot; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; INJECTION CURRENT DENSITY; INPUT PULSE ENERGY; OPTICAL LOGIC; QUALITY FACTORS; QUANTUM DOT; SYSTEM'S QUALITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 84880715665     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-013-9661-9     Document Type: Article

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