• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 3, 181 (2013)
Kotb Amer1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt
  • 2Department of Physics, College of Science, Northern Borders University, Arar 1321, KSA
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-013-2418-7 Cite this Article
    Amer Kotb. AND gate based on two-photon absorption in semiconductor optical amplifier[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(3): 181 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An all-optical logic AND gate based on two-photon absorption (TPA) in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is simulated. By solving the rate equations of SOA in the form of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), the performance of AND gate is numerically investigated. The model takes the effects of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and pulse energy on the system’s quality factor (Q-factor) into account. Results show that the all-optical AND gate based on TPA in SOA-MZI based structure is feasible at 250 Gbit/s with a proper Q-factor.
    Amer Kotb. AND gate based on two-photon absorption in semiconductor optical amplifier[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(3): 181
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