• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 3, 030603 (2011)
Lilin Yi, Weisheng Hu, Hao He, Yi Dong, Yaohui Jin, and Weiqiang Sun
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  • State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201109.030603 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    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[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(3): 030603 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    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.
    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[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(3): 030603
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