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160 Gb/s photonic crystal semiconductor optical amplifier-based all-optical logic NAND gate

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The performance of an ultra-fast all-optical logic NOT-AND gate using photonic crystal semiconductor optical amplifiers (PCSOA)-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers is numerically analysed and investigated. The dependence of the quality factor (Q-factor) on the input signals’ and PCSOA operating parameters is examined, with the impact of amplified spontaneous emission included so as to obtain realistic results. The achieved Q-factor is 18 at 160 Gb/s, which is higher than when using conventional SOAs.

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  1. The Guo China-US Photonics Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China

    Amer Kotb & Chunlei Guo

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Fayoum, Fayoum, 63514, Egypt

    Amer Kotb

  3. Lightwave Communications Research Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100, Xanthi, Greece

    Kyriakos E. Zoiros

  4. The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA

    Chunlei Guo

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Kotb, A., Zoiros, K.E. & Guo, C. 160 Gb/s photonic crystal semiconductor optical amplifier-based all-optical logic NAND gate. Photon Netw Commun 36, 246–255 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11107-018-0776-6

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