Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1542733 | Optics Communications | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
All-optical OR operation has been demonstrated using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and delayed interferometer (DI) at 80 Gb/s. The DI is based on a polarization maintaining loop mirror. Q-factor of the operation is discussed through numerical simulations. The results show the OR gate operation rate is limited by the gain recovery time and input pulse energy.
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Authors
Q. Wang, H. Dong, G. Zhu, H. Sun, J. Jaques, A.B. Piccirilli, N.K. Dutta,