Two-photon absorption in quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers-based all-optical XOR gate at 2 Tb/s

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amer Kotb ◽  
Chunlei Guo
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amer Kotb

All-optical logic XNOR gate is realized by a series combination of XOR and INVERT gates. This Boolean function is realized by using Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) and exploiting the nonlinear effect of two-photon absorption (TPA) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). The employed model takes into account the impact of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), input pulse energy, pulsewidth, SOAs carrier lifetime, and linewidth enhancement factor (α-factor) on the gate’s output quality factor (Q-factor). The outcome of this study shows that the all-optical XNOR gate is indeed feasible with the proposed scheme at 250 Gb/s with both logical correctness and acceptable quality.


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