Open AccessStudy on 100-Gb/s reconfigurable all-optical logic gates using a single semiconductor optical amplifier
Author(s) -
Xin Chen,
Li Huo,
Ziran Zhao,
Liang Zhuang,
Caiyun Lou
Publication year - 2016
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.24.030245
Subject(s) - optical amplifier , optics , optical filter , logic gate , optical performance monitoring , optoelectronics , optical switch , materials science , electronic engineering , computer science , wavelength division multiplexing , physics , laser , engineering , wavelength
We experimentally demonstrated all-optical NOR, OR and AND logic gates at 100 Gb/s with a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) assisted by optical filtering. The logics can be conveniently reconfigured by deploying or not continuous wave (CW) light at the input of the SOA and adjusting the tunable optical band pass filter (OBPF) at SOA output. Correct logic functions and high quality of the output signals can be achieved as proved by clear eye opening and bit error rate (BER) measurement. Influences of optical filter parameters and the SOA device length on the logical performance are experimentally investigated.