Single Mach-Zehnder interferometer based optical Boolean logic gates
In this paper, we demonstrate different optical logic gates using a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer with controlled phase modulators in each arm. The operational conditions to obtain 16 optical logic circuits, using the same design, are investigated and are a result of a constructive or destructi...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/32539 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/32539 |
| Summary: | In this paper, we demonstrate different optical logic gates using a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer with controlled phase modulators in each arm. The operational conditions to obtain 16 optical logic circuits, using the same design, are investigated and are a result of a constructive or destructive interference process. The proposed configuration presents significant low complexity and high scalability, and its feasibility is evaluated through numerical simulations. |
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