All-optical XOR, NOR, and NAND logic functions with parallel semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer modules

•All-optical XOR, NOR, and NAND gates are realized using two parallel SOA-MZIs.•Impact of critical performance parameters on QF is numerically analyzed.•All-optical operations are executed with the employed scheme with high QF at 80 Gb/s. The performance of XOR, NOR, and NAND functions implemented a...

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Published in:Optics and laser technology 2018-12, Vol.108, p.426-433
Main Authors: Kotb, Amer, Zoiros, Kyriakos E., Guo, Chunlei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
All-optical NAND gate
All-optical NOR gate
All-optical XOR gate
Boolean algebra
Boolean functions
Dependence
Fiber optic interferometers
Interferometers
Light amplifiers
Logic programming
Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Optics
Q factors
Receivers & amplifiers
Semiconductor optical amplifier
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Semiconductors
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Summary:•All-optical XOR, NOR, and NAND gates are realized using two parallel SOA-MZIs.•Impact of critical performance parameters on QF is numerically analyzed.•All-optical operations are executed with the employed scheme with high QF at 80 Gb/s. The performance of XOR, NOR, and NAND functions implemented all-optically (AO) using two parallel semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based Mach-Zehnder interferometers is simulated and investigated. The dependence of the quality factor on key input signals and SOAs parameters is investigated and assessed. The obtained results show that the target AO Boolean functions can simultaneously be realized with the employed scheme with both logical correctness and high quality at 80 Gb/s.
ISSN:0030-3992
1879-2545
DOI:10.1016/j.optlastec.2018.07.027