• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 10, Issue 6, 415 (2014)
Xin ZHANG*, Zhi-quan LI, and Kai TONG
Author Affiliations
  • School of Electronic Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-014-4131-6 Cite this Article
    ZHANG Xin, LI Zhi-quan, TONG Kai. Design of XOR/XNOR optical logic circuit with two cascaded microring resonators and U-bend waveguides[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(6): 415 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An XOR/XNOR optical logic circuit with two cascaded microring resonators and two U-bend waveguides is proposed. The microring resonators are made of electro-optical polymer and modulated through linear electro-optical effect. Two electrical signals are applied to the two microrings, and simultaneous XOR and XNOR operations are demonstrated in two different operating modes. We also use scattering matrix method to analyze the analog output spectra, and find that different inputs like ‘00’ and ‘11’ can lead to different extinction ratios in output spectra at certain wavelengths, even though their digital outputs are the same.
    ZHANG Xin, LI Zhi-quan, TONG Kai. Design of XOR/XNOR optical logic circuit with two cascaded microring resonators and U-bend waveguides[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(6): 415
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