Study of all-optical XOR using Mach-Zehnder interferometer and differential scheme

被引：174
作者：
Wang, Q [1 ]
Zhu, GH
Chen, HM
Jaques, J
Leuthold, J
Piccirilli, AB
Dutta, NK
机构：
[1] Univ Connecticut, Dept Phys, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
[2] Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
[3] Lucent Technol, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA
来源：
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 2004年 / 40卷 / 06期
关键词：
Mach-Zelmder interferometer (MZI); optical logic; XOR operation;
D O I：
10.1109/JQE.2004.828261
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
All-optical XOR functionality has been demonstrated experimentally using an integrated SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) at 20 and 40 Gb/s. The performance of the XOR results has been analyzed by solving the rate equation of the SOA numerically. The high-speed operation is limited by the carrier lifetime in the SOA. In order to solve the limitations imposed toy carrier lifetime, a differential scheme for XOR operation has been experimentally investigated. This scheme is potentially capable of XOR operation to >100 Gb/s.
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