Open AccessThe analysis of all-optical logic gates based with tunable femtosecond soliton self-frequency shift
Author(s) -
Ming Xu,
Yan Li,
Tiansheng Zhang,
Junhai Luo,
Jianhua Ji,
Shuwen Yang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.008349
Subject(s) - logic gate , soliton , xor gate , physics , and gate , dispersion (optics) , femtosecond , optics , optoelectronics , computer science , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , laser , algorithm
A type of tunable femtosecond soliton logic gate based on fiber Raman Self-Frequency Shift (SFS) is studied in this paper. The Raman SFSs of femtosecond solitons governed by the Newton's cradle mechanism in logic gate are analyzed with an Improved Split-Step Fast Fourier Transform (ISSFFT) algorithm. The impact factors of the solitonic pulse frequency shift and temporal time shift, which are included the Third-Order Dispersion (TOD) effect, are investigated. The existing theoretical equation of SFS is modified into a new expression for this type of soliton logic gate. A lower switching power and the small size of the soliton logic gate device is designed to realize the logic functions of AND, NOT, and XOR. The results demonstrate that the logic gate based on SFS is belonged to the asynchronous system and can be achieved with Milli-Watt switching power and good extinction ratio. ISSFFT is effective and accurately to analyze higher-order dispersive and nonlinear effects in the logic gates.