23 January 2025 Orthogonal polarization–based high-speed optical NOT, XOR, XNOR, and NOR logic designs based on cross-gain modulation in semiconductor optical amplifier
Vipul Singhal, Surinder Singh
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Abstract

We propose all-optical NOT, XOR, XNOR, and NOR logic designs for NRZ-formatted signal at 340 Gbps. For the optical NOT gate, it is proposed to utilize two orthogonally polarized laser sources at the same frequency to induce cross-gain modulation (XGM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). For XOR and XNOR logic gates, it is proposed to cross-couple two orthogonally polarized data streams to induce XGM in SOAs, and the output of these two is combined using a polarization controller to form XOR logic operations. Subsequently, XNOR logic operations are implemented by adding a NOT gate in cascade with XOR logic operations. For the realization of NOR logic operations, two data streams having the same polarization, combined and co-propagating with an orthogonally polarized continuous wave laser source, are proposed to excite XGM in SOA.

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Funding Statement

Vipul Singhal and Surinder Singh "Orthogonal polarization–based high-speed optical NOT, XOR, XNOR, and NOR logic designs based on cross-gain modulation in semiconductor optical amplifier," Optical Engineering 64(1), 015104 (23 January 2025). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.64.1.015104
Received: 6 August 2024; Accepted: 30 December 2024; Published: 23 January 2025
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KEYWORDS
Logic

Polarization

Signal attenuation

Continuous wave operation

Logic devices

Modulation

Optical design

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