Implementation method of an all-optical half adder by using SOA-based devices and an apparatus thereof
US6801349B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/509
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to an implementation method of all-optical half adder by using semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA)-based devices and the apparatus thereof. In more detail, it relates to an implementation method of all-optical half adder comprising an all-optical XOR gate and an all-optical AND gate, implemented by using SOA-based devices, and an apparatus thereof.
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