Abstract
The performance of an all-optical OR gate using a dual pump–probe semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is investigated and demonstrated through numerical simulations at a data rate of 80 Gb/s. The proposed scheme enables to obtain a higher quality factor and smaller pattern dependence for a more feasible choice of critical operating parameters than when using for the same purpose the SOA–delayed interferometer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 271-278 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Computational Electronics |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- All-optical OR gate
- Dual pump–probe scheme
- Mach–Zehnder interferometer
- Semiconductor optical amplifier