scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

All optical XOR logic gates: technologies and experiment demonstrations

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
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

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

All-Optical Network Coding

TL;DR: This work presents a heuristic for solving the effectiveness of using network coding for optical-layer dedicated protection of multicast traffic that provides robustness against link failures in the network and shows that it provides near-optimal performance while significantly outperforming existing approaches for dedicated multicast protection.
Journal ArticleDOI

Ultrafast All-Optical Processor Based on Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a theoretical model of an ultra-fast all-optical signal processor based on the Mach-Zehnder interferometer with quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers in both its arms.
Journal ArticleDOI

All optical switching and associated technologies: a review

TL;DR: The progressive development of the optical switching technology is reviewed, the different technologies of all optical gates and other switching circuits in all optical processing are highlighted and the challenges along with future direction are outlined.
Journal ArticleDOI

Demonstration of All-Optical Divider Circuit Using SOA-MZI-Type xor Gate and Feedback Loop for Forward Error Detection

TL;DR: In this article, the feasibility of using an optical divider circuit with a semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI)-based exclusive or (XOR) gate for an all-optical forward error detection and correction scheme with a cyclic code was investigated.
Journal ArticleDOI

Design of Optical XOR, XNOR, NAND, and OR Logic Gates Based on Multi-Mode Interference Waveguides for Binary-Phase-Shift-Keyed Signal

TL;DR: The proposed logic gates are extremely promising signal processing devices for binary-phase-shift-keyed signals in packet switching systems.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

Demonstration of 20 Gbit/s all-optical logic XOR in integrated SOA-based interferometric wavelength converter

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Related Papers (5)