1 Tb/s high quality factor NOR gate based on quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1259-1268

  Kotb, Amer ^a,b  

^a FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NORTHERN BORDER UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Optical logic; Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC; ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; OPTICAL LOGIC; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL-HOLE BURNING;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84889099240     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-013-9746-5     Document Type: Article

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