Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 030603(2011)
All-optical reconfigurable multi-logic gates based on nonlinear polarization rotation effect in a single SOA
We demonstrate an all-optical reconfigurable logic gate based on dominant nonlinear polarization rotation accompanied with cross-gain modulation effect in a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). Five logic functions, including NOT, OR, NOR, AND, and NAND, are realized using 10-Gb/s on-off keying signals with flexible wavelength tunability. The operation principle is explained in detail. By adjusting polarization controllers, multiple logic functions corresponding to different input polarization states are separately achieved using a single SOA with high flexibility.
Get Citation
Copy Citation Text
Lilin Yi, Weisheng Hu, Hao He, Yi Dong, Yaohui Jin, Weiqiang Sun, "All-optical reconfigurable multi-logic gates based on nonlinear polarization rotation effect in a single SOA," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 030603 (2011)
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: Sep. 4, 2010
Accepted: Nov. 15, 2010
Published Online: Mar. 4, 2011
The Author Email: