All-optical AND gate by use of a Kerr nonlinear microresonator structure

被引：34

作者：

Pereira, S ^{[1
]}

Chak, P ^{[1
]}

Sipe, JE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada

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OPTICS LETTERS | 2003年 / 28卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.28.000444

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We numerically demonstrate the feasibility of constructing an all-optical AND gate by using a microresonator structure with Kerr nonlinearity. The gate is much smaller than similar AND gates based on Bragg gratings and has lower power requirements. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

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页码：444 / 446

页数：3

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