All-Optical Comparator Based on Cross Gain Modulation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Mirco Scaffardi; Emma Lazzeri; Luca Potì; Antonella Bogoni

Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
paper JWA79

All-Optical Comparator Based on Cross Gain Modulation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Mirco Scaffardi, Emma Lazzeri, Luca Potì, and Antonella Bogoni

National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2008

San Diego, California United States
24–28 February 2008
ISBN: 978-1-55752-858-2

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M. Scaffardi, E. Lazzeri, L. Potì, and A. Bogoni, "All-Optical Comparator Based on Cross Gain Modulation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008), paper JWA79.

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Abstract

An all-optical scheme for comparison of N-bit long Boolean numbers is presented. The scheme, wavelength independent, exploits six SOAs. Error-free operations and extinction ratio degradation lower than 1.9 dB are obtained for each output signal.

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