All-optical logic AND operation in a SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer
US6624929B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3517
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to the all-optical logic AND operation in a SOA (semiconductor optical amplifier)-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer. More particularly, it relates to the technology making feasible ultra high-speed logic operations while maintaining a small size and a low input power by utilizing a cross-phase modulation (XPM) wavelength converter composed of semiconductor optical amplifiers in the form of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with nonlinear characteristics.
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