All-optical digital 3-input and gate using surn- and difference-frequency generation in a PPLN waveguide

J.E. McGeehan, M. Giltrelli, Alan E. Willner

Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005. · 2005 · 20 citations · 3 references

Concepts

Abstract

We demonstrate an all-optical bit-wise 3-input AND gate using a single periodically-poled-lithium-niobate (PPLN) waveguide as a nonlinear optical element. Our module generates output '1' bits only when all inputs are '1', with negligible power penalty.

References

3