TY - JOUR
T1 - 160 Gb/s photonic crystal semiconductor optical amplifier-based all-optical logic NAND gate
AU - Kotb, Amer
AU - Zoiros, Kyriakos E.
AU - Guo, Chunlei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - The performance of an ultra-fast all-optical logic NOT-AND gate using photonic crystal semiconductor optical amplifiers (PCSOA)-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers is numerically analysed and investigated. The dependence of the quality factor (Q-factor) on the input signals’ and PCSOA operating parameters is examined, with the impact of amplified spontaneous emission included so as to obtain realistic results. The achieved Q-factor is 18 at 160 Gb/s, which is higher than when using conventional SOAs.
AB - The performance of an ultra-fast all-optical logic NOT-AND gate using photonic crystal semiconductor optical amplifiers (PCSOA)-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers is numerically analysed and investigated. The dependence of the quality factor (Q-factor) on the input signals’ and PCSOA operating parameters is examined, with the impact of amplified spontaneous emission included so as to obtain realistic results. The achieved Q-factor is 18 at 160 Gb/s, which is higher than when using conventional SOAs.
KW - 160 Gb/s
KW - All-optical NOT-AND (NAND) gate
KW - Mach–Zehnder interferometer
KW - Photonic crystal semiconductor optical amplifier
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U2 - 10.1007/s11107-018-0776-6
DO - 10.1007/s11107-018-0776-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048515039
SN - 1387-974X
VL - 36
SP - 246
EP - 255
JO - Photonic Network Communications
JF - Photonic Network Communications
IS - 2
ER -