Performance analysis of ultrafast all-optical Boolean XOR gate using semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Houbavlis, T; Zoiros, KE; Kanellos, G; Tsekrekos, C

dc.contributor.author	Houbavlis, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Zoiros, KE	en
dc.contributor.author	Kanellos, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsekrekos, C	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:21:13Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:21:13Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	0030-4018	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/16136
dc.subject	All-optical Boolean XOR logic	en
dc.subject	All-optical signal processing	en
dc.subject	All-optical switching	en
dc.subject	Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) networks	en
dc.subject	Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)	en
dc.subject	SOA-based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (SOA-MZI)	en
dc.subject.classification	Optics	en
dc.subject.other	Light amplifiers	en
dc.subject.other	Optical communication	en
dc.subject.other	Optical switches	en
dc.subject.other	Semiconductor materials	en
dc.subject.other	Signal processing	en
dc.subject.other	Switching	en
dc.subject.other	Time division multiplexing	en
dc.subject.other	All-optical signal processing	en
dc.subject.other	Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) networks	en
dc.subject.other	Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA)	en
dc.subject.other	Interferometers	en
dc.title	Performance analysis of ultrafast all-optical Boolean XOR gate using semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.optcom.2003.12.062	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2003.12.062	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	An all-optical Boolean XOR gate implemented with a SOA-based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (SOA-MZI) is numerically simulated at 10 and 40 Gb/s to extract simple design rules. If the control and clock energies are property selected so that the SOAs are heavily saturated and at the same time the switched-out pulses are not distorted, the metrics that define the quality of switching can be optimized for high gate performance at 10 Gb/s. However, the operation at 40 Gb/s is limited by the SOAs gain recovery time that results in strong pattern dependence of the output pulses and so the extension to this rate requires the deployment of gain recovery reduction techniques in bulk and quantum-well SOAs or alternatively the exploitation of other technologically advanced optical devices, such as quantum-dot SOAs. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Optics Communications	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.optcom.2003.12.062	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000189215100023	en
dc.identifier.volume	232	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-6	en
dc.identifier.spage	179	en
dc.identifier.epage	199	en