TY - JOUR
T1 - Simulation of soliton all-optical logic XOR gate with semiconductor optical amplifier
AU - Kotb, Amer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - In this new study, a soliton all-optical logic XOR gate is numerically simulated and investigated. This Boolean function is realized by using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometer. The dependence of the output quality factor (Q-factor) on the soliton characteristics and SOA’s parameters has been examined and assessed. The obtained results confirm that the soliton XOR gate implemented with the proposed scheme is capable of operating at a data rate of 80 Gb/s with logical correctness and high output Q-factor.
AB - In this new study, a soliton all-optical logic XOR gate is numerically simulated and investigated. This Boolean function is realized by using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometer. The dependence of the output quality factor (Q-factor) on the soliton characteristics and SOA’s parameters has been examined and assessed. The obtained results confirm that the soliton XOR gate implemented with the proposed scheme is capable of operating at a data rate of 80 Gb/s with logical correctness and high output Q-factor.
KW - Mach–Zehnder interferometer
KW - Semiconductor optical amplifier
KW - Soliton
KW - XOR gate
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U2 - 10.1007/s11082-016-0580-4
DO - 10.1007/s11082-016-0580-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84966312212
SN - 0306-8919
VL - 48
JO - Optical and Quantum Electronics
JF - Optical and Quantum Electronics
IS - 5
M1 - 307
ER -