All-Optical Logic Circuits Based on the Non-linear Properties of the Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
Abstract
This work shows the importance of utilising the nonlinear properties of the semiconductor optical amplifier SOA in constructing optical logic gates, half and full adders, flip-flops, counters and registers. Consequently, SOA may be considered as a promising component for building all-optical digital computer. By using the SOASIM software, This work shows how the optical buffer, inverter, unit-step pulse and falling/rising clock edges can be generated.Department
Electrical and Computer EngineeringPublisher
IEEEae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/ISCC.2004.1358416