All-optical XOR using Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Niloy K. Dutta; Qiang Wang; Guanghao Zhu; Huimin Chen; James Jacques; Juerg Leuthold

doi:10.1117/12.583171

25 October 2004 All-optical XOR using Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Niloy K. Dutta, Qiang Wang, Guanghao Zhu, Huimin Chen, James Jacques, Juerg Leuthold

Proceedings Volume 5595, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications IV; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.583171
Event: Optics East, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Abstract

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 by 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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Niloy K. Dutta, Qiang Wang, Guanghao Zhu, Huimin Chen, James Jacques, and Juerg Leuthold "All-optical XOR using Mach-Zehnder interferometer", Proc. SPIE 5595, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications IV, (25 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.583171

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