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All optical XOR logic gates: technologies and experiment demonstrations
Min Zhang,Ling Wang,Peida Ye +2 more
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The current status and technologies of all-optical XOR gates, particularly those associated with interferometric structures, are reviewed, and various schemes with semiconductor optical amplifiers are discussed and compared.Abstract:
This article reviews the current status and technologies of all-optical XOR gates. Various schemes with semiconductor optical amplifiers, particularly those associated with interferometric structures, are discussed and compared. Finally, the applications of all-optical XOR gates to emerging networks are explored, and the future direction is outlined.read more
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All-optical XOR gate using semiconductor optical amplifiers without additional input beam
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-gain modulation of semiconductor optical amplifiers has been proposed and demonstrated successfully at 10 Gb/s for all-optical XOR gates.
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Demonstration of 20 Gbit/s all-optical logic XOR in integrated SOA-based interferometric wavelength converter
T. Fjelde,David Wolfson,A. Kloch,Beatrice Dagens,A. Coquelin,I. Guillemot,Fabienne Gaborit,Francis Poingt,Monique Renaud +8 more
TL;DR: The results of optical logic exclusive-OR (XOR) at up to 20 Gbit/s in an integrated SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer are presented and BER measurements are demonstrated for the first time.
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40 Gbit/s all-optical XOR gate based on hybrid-integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer
TL;DR: In this article, a 40"Gbit/s all-optical XOR gate with a hybrid-integrated planar silica waveguide structure and semiconductor optical amplifiers is demonstrated.
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Error free 100 Gbit/s wavelength conversion using grating assisted cross-gain modulation in 2 mm long semiconductor amplifier
TL;DR: In this paper, the first error free operation of 100 Gbit/s wavelength conversion employing cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier was demonstrated, and a near transform limited non-return-to-zero data stream was generated at the device output.
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Demonstration of 20-Gb/s all-optical XOR gate by four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifier with RZ-DPSK modulated inputs
TL;DR: In this article, an all-optical XOR gate at 20 Gb/s using four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), with return-to-zero differential phase-shifted keying modulated input signals.