Theoretical Demonstration of 250 Gb/s Ultrafast All-Optical Memory Using Mach-Zehnder Interferometers with Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Amer Kotb*, Chunlei Guo

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Abstract

Ultrafast all-optical memory at 250 Gb/s using Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) with symmetrical quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers (QDSOAs), acting as all-optical AND gate and regenerator in a loop configuration, is theoretically demonstrated for 500 loop circulations using a return-to-zero modulated format. The memory operation is examined and evaluated by the quality factor (QF), which is a more sensitive method of measuring memory quality. The obtained numerical results show that the proposed memory can be operated up to 250 Gb/s for 500 circulations with high QF.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8877760
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Logic devices
  • optical memories
  • quantum dots
  • semiconductor optical amplifiers

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Kotb, A., & Guo, C. (2021). Theoretical Demonstration of 250 Gb/s Ultrafast All-Optical Memory Using Mach-Zehnder Interferometers with Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 27(2), Article 8877760. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2019.2948051