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Design of optical decoder circuits using electro-optic effect inside Mach–Zehnder interferometers for high speed communication

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Decoder is a device that allows placing digital information from many inputs to many outputs. Any application of combinational logic circuit can be implemented by using decoder and external gates. In this paper, 2–4 line and 3–8 line decoder is proposed using electro-optic effect inside lithium–niobate-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers (MZIs). The MZI structures have powerful capability to switching an optical input signal to a desired output port. The paper constitutes a mathematical description of the proposed device and thereafter simulation using MATLAB. The study is verified using beam propagation method.

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This work is supported by the project entitled “Performance study of some WDM optical network components and design of optical switching devices” under the Faculty Research Scheme, DIT University, Dehradun, India (Ref. No.: DITU/R&D/2014/7/ECE). The author would like to thank Prof. K. K. Raina, Vice-Chancellor, DIT University for encouragement and support during the present research work. The author would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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    Amrindra Pal, Santosh Kumar & Sandeep Sharma

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Pal, A., Kumar, S. & Sharma, S. Design of optical decoder circuits using electro-optic effect inside Mach–Zehnder interferometers for high speed communication. Photon Netw Commun 35, 79–89 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11107-017-0718-8

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