Function-lock strategy in OR/NOR optical logic gates based on cross-polarization modulation effect in semiconductor optical amplifier

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2007-10-20
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Wehavestudiedafunction-lockstrategyforall-opticallogicgate(AOLG)utilizingthecross-polarizationmodulation(CPM)effectinasemiconductoropticalamplifier(SOA).Bymonitoringthepoweroflogiclight,thestrategyrealizedcontrollablemethodstocaptureORandNORfunctionsandswitchbetweenthem.Thestrategyhasbeensuccessfullyappliedinexperimentwith10-Gb/snot-return-to-zero(NRZ)signals,whichhasahighsuccess-rateabove95%andensuresthehighextinctionratioofresultlightabove11.4dB.Everystepinthestrategyhasdefinitenumericevaluation,whichprovidesthepotentialofautomaticimplementation.