• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.530-534
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• 2003

A novel all-optical NOR gate is proposed and demonstrated for the first time by use of gain saturation in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). It is operated by the nonlinearity of the SOA gain. Hence, to obtain sufficient gain saturation of the SOA, pump signals are amplified by an Er-doped fiber amplifier at the input of the SOA. The operation characteristics of the all-optical NOR gate are successfully measured at 10 Gbit/s.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.43 no.1 s.343
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• pp.13-16
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• 2006

We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated the all-optical composite logic gates with XOR, NOR, OR and NAND functions using SOA-MZI structures to make it possible to simultaneously perform various logical functions. The proposed scheme is robust and feasible for high speed all-optical logic operation with high ER.