Numerical investigation of an all-optical logic OR gate at 80 Gb/s with a dual pump–probe semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI)

Amer Kotb*, Kyriakos E. Zoiros, Chunlei Guo

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)271-278
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Computational Electronics
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • All-optical OR gate
  • Dual pump–probe scheme
  • Mach–Zehnder interferometer
  • Semiconductor optical amplifier

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