This paper presents a numerical investigation of all-optical NAND and XNOR logic gates implemented with a single optically pumped semiconductor optical amplifier integrated into a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (OP-SOA-MZI) at 120 Gb/s. Convention...
This article presents an analysis of an electro-optical up-converter relying on a semiconductor optical amplifier Mach–Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI). The pulsed control signal is generated by an optical pulse clock (OPC) with a repetition ra...
Encryption and decryption are essential components in signal processing and optical communication systems, providing data confidentiality, integrity, and secure high-speed transmission. We present a novel design and simulation of an all-optical encry...
In this paper, we propose a novel design for a NOR gate using a semiconductor optical amplifier combined with a Mach–Zehnder interferometer. By utilizing two inverting input signals, the system achieves the NOR logic function, simplifying the o...
This gazette focuses on simulation and experimental studies for all-optical three-input “AND” gate schemes. The proposed gate exploits the semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (SOA-MZI) nonlinearities, particularly...
All-optical encoders and comparators are essential components for high-speed optical computing, enabling ultra-fast data processing with minimal latency and low power consumption. This paper presents a numerical analysis of an all-optical encoder and...
In this paper, we expound a modulation concept to contrive simultaneous frequency down-conversion based on a three parallel Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (SOA-MZIs) link by using a band pass sampling method in a Virtual...
Concurrent up- and down-frequency conversion is central to radio-over-fiber (RoF) and millimeter-wave (MMW) system design. However, existing all-optical mixers based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) typically exploit a single nonlinear mech...
This research explores the forefront of all-optical data processing systems through the utilization of carrier reservoir semiconductor optical amplifiers (CR-SOAs). Recent advancements have showcased the successful design and implementation of CR-SOA...
Leveraging the rapid carrier recovery times and minimal polarization sensitivity of carrier-reservoir semiconductor optical amplifiers (CR-SOAs), this study embeds them in a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) setup to emulate a 2x1 multiplexer (...
We experimentally incubate a ground-breaking design, for the first time, of concurrent electro-optical semiconductor optical amplifier Mach–Zehnder interferometer mixing (SOA-MZI) based on a differential transformation methodology. Projecting t...
Increasing data rates in optical networks require ultra-fast all-optical logic gates to avoid electro-optic conversion bottlenecks. This work presents a numerical simulation and performance analysis of an all-optical XNOR logic gate operating at 250...
We experimentally demonstrate an optical Burst-Mode Wavelength Converter (BMWC) that simultaneously provides power equalization and wavelength conversion of Non-Return to Zero-On/Off Keying (NRZ-OOK) data and operates up to 20 Gb/s. It employs a bala...
Electronic Content Addressable Memories (CAM) implement Address Look-Up (AL) table functionalities of network routers; however, they typically operate in the MHz regime, turning AL into a critical network bottleneck. In this communication, we demonst...
In this paper, we demonstrate two subsystems based on Silicon Photonics, towards meeting the network requirements imposed by disaggregation of resources in Data Centers. The first one utilizes a 4 × 4 Silicon photonics switching matrix, employing Mac...
In this paper, we present a real and simulated study of a frequency up mixing employing an electro-optical sampling semiconductor optical amplifier Mach–Zehnder interferometer (SOA–MZI) along with the differential modulation schema. The s...
We demonstrated a 1.1-µm band extended wideband wavelength-swept laser (WSL) that combined two semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) based on a polygonal scanning wavelength filter. The center wavelengths of the two SOAs were 1020 nm and 1140 nm, r...
In this study, we propose a novel design for a NAND gate using a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) followed by a delay interferometer (DI). This streamlined configuration significantly reduces complexity and cost compared to conventional m...
We design and evaluate two experimental systems for a single and simultaneous electro-optical semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) mixing system based on the differential modulation mode. These systems and the optimiz...
Simulation and experimental performance analyses of simultaneous up-converted signals, for the first time, were investigated utilizing a semiconductor optical amplifier Mach–Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) sampling mixer in co- and counter-dir...