All-optical XOR, NOR, and NAND logic functions with parallel semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer modules. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kotb, Amer; Zoiros, Kyriakos E.; Guo, Chunlei
• Is Part Of: Optics & laser technology. Volume 108(2018)
• Page Start: 426
• Page End: 433
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: All-optical XOR gate -- All-optical NOR gate -- All-optical NAND gate -- Semiconductor optical amplifier -- Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Optics -- Periodicals; Lasers -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 621.366
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2018.07.027
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0030-3992

Abstract

Highlights: All-optical XOR, NOR, and NAND gates are realized using two parallel SOA-MZIs. Impact of critical performance parameters on QF is numerically analyzed. All-optical operations are executed with the employed scheme with high QF at 80 Gb/s. Abstract: The performance of XOR, NOR, and NAND functions implemented all-optically (AO) using two parallel semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based Mach-Zehnder interferometers is simulated and investigated. The dependence of the quality factor on key input signals and SOAs parameters is investigated and assessed. The obtained results show that the target AO Boolean functions can simultaneously be realized with the employed scheme with both logical correctness and high quality at 80 Gb/s.