Optical AND gate

We have successfully demonstrated a new type of logic circuit which provides an optical output pulse that is the AND function of two wavelength multiplexed optical input signals. The active components of this optically coupled logic gate are a triggerable semiconductor laser and a novel photodetector consisting of two series photodiodes which are sensitive in different wavelength bands.     

一种多波长信号全光加密系统方案

为了能够同时对多波长信号进行加密操作,两路相干光信号进行直接干涉前,通过对其中一路光信号进行Pi相移,Pi相移后两路信号的干涉结果即为两信号异或(XOR)逻辑结果。基于此原理,提出一种应用于波分复用(WDM)系统,能够同时对多波长复用信号进行XOR加密的方案。方案通过直接电光调制得到不同波长相干光信号与光密钥,且通过相移单元同时对多波长光密钥进行Pi相移,相移后相同波长的光密钥与光信号的耦合干涉输出便是对光信号的XOR加密结果,并输出多波长复用的加密信号。通过8×10Gbit/ps的WDM信号的加密仿真得到该方案加密输出误码率(EBR)为0,Q因子为164,证实了方案的可行性与有效性。分析了脉冲占空比对加密输出信号Q因子的影响。通过理论与仿真分析了输入归零码信号占空比对加密信号质量的影响得出,当信号占空比小于0.43时,加密输出信号Q因子能够稳定在164左右。     

光通信网络中的信号导向逻辑器件设计

基于"导向逻辑"设计了一种应用于光通信网络的新型光信息流导向器件。采用微环谐振器作为光波导元件,应用折射率调制机理,实现了基于聚合物基的多功能电光逻辑门。通过改变不同端口的逻辑输入分别实现了"与/非"、"或/或非"和"同或/异或"等多种状态的光开关逻辑运算。静态仿真确定了微环谐振器的工作波长,验证了器件具有高速率逻辑运算功能。该器件可用于大规模光学集成电路中,实现高速光信号的调制输出。     

基于光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器增益饱和效应的全光波长转换实验研究

对基于光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器增益饱和效应的全光波长转换器的静态与动态特性进行了实验研究。为消除反馈光与转换信号输出光对光源的不利影响及提高光输入、输出信号耦合效率 ,提出了采用环形器进行信号耦合的光学结构。实验结果表明 ,转换器件具有高于 30nm的波长转换间隔 ,并可实现波长上、下转换。进行了15 5Mbit/s伪随机码调制信号的动态波长转换实验。     

Proposal and Analysis of Distributed Reflector‐Laser Diode Integrated with an Electroabsorption Modulator

A novel integrated laser, that is, a distributed reflector laser diode integrated with an electroabsorption modulator, is proposed to improve the output efficiency, single‐mode stability, and chirp. The proposed laser can be realized using the selective metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy technique (that is, control of the width of the insulating mask), and its fabrication process is almost the same as the conventional electroabsorption modulated laser (EML) process except for the asymmetric coupling coefficient structure along the cavity. For our analysis, an accurate time‐domain transfer‐matrix‐based laser model is developed. Based on this model, we perform steady‐state and large‐signal analyses. The performances of the proposed laser, such as the output power, extinction ratio, and chirp, are compared with those of the EML. Under 10‐Gbps NRZ modulation, we can obtain a 30% higher output power and about 50% lower chirp than the conventional EML. In particular, the simulation results show that the chirp provided by the proposed laser can appear to have a longer wavelength side at the leading edge of the pulse and a shorter wavelength side at the falling edge.     

Differential switching operation of vertical cavity laser with depleted optical thyristor for optical logic gates

Optical logic gates with AND, OR, and INVERT functionality are demonstrated by the monolithic integration of a vertical cavity laser with depleted optical thyristor. All kinds of logic functions (AND, OR, NAND, NOR, and INVERT) are experimentally demonstrated using a differential switching operation scheme by simply controlling an intensity of a reference input light     

A unidirectional output optical frequency conversion device with anasymmetric-κ DBR structure

A novel optical frequency conversion device that successfully demonstrates optical frequency conversion and unidirectional transmission of optical signals has been designed and fabricated. The device is composed of a gain region and saturable absorber region with monolithically integrated distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) mirrors with different coupling coefficients. The device structure is optimized to achieve three functions: 1) unidirectional light output, 2) converted-light wavelength tuning, and 3) optically triggered optical frequency conversion. The output power of converted light from the light input-end facet of the device is 30 dB smaller than that from the output-end facet, and the converted light wavelength can be scanned over 4 nm without a bias current to the input-end DBR region, and it is widened to 7.8 nm by injecting current to that region. The device emits converted light only when light input is injected and optical signals are unidirectionally transmitted, and its response frequency is estimated to be 0.8 GHz     

Optical logic functions using a tunable wavelength conversion laserdiode

The authors demonstrate optical logic functions of an inverter (NOT) and an exclusive-OR (XOR) using a tunable wavelength conversion (TWC) laser diode developed as a component in optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). The TWC laser's optical functions are easily changed by varying bias current settings in gain sections. At just above the turn-on threshold, the TWC laser acts as an optical inverter. At just below the turn-off threshold, it acts as an optical XOR element. The mechanism of both NOT and XOR operations is based on gain quenching accelerated through a saturable absorber, a major feature of the TWC laser. Single longitudinal-mode lasing and the tunability of the lasing wavelength, other features of the TWC laser, are effective in distinguishing lasing light signals from input light signals     

波分复用-光时分复用波长转换信号的消光比研究

对基于半导体光放大器(SOA)交叉增益调制(XGM)效应的全光波分复用一光时分复用(WDM—OTDM)转换后的两路时分复用输出信号的消光比(ER)特性进行了分析。研究了两路波分复用的输入抽运光和探测光的功率、波长、抽运光的消光比、数据速率以及半导体光放大器的偏置电流、腔长和模场限制因子对转换信号消光比的影响。模拟结果表明，增大抽运光输入功率，选择长波长抽运光，可以增加转换光相应信道消光比，但减小了相邻信道的输出消光比；增加抽运光消光比，可以提高转换光消光比，但各个信道增长幅度不同；减小探测光输入功率，选取短波长探测光波长，增加半导体光放大器的腔长和模场限制因子以及大的偏置电流可提高转换光消光比；对于两路或多路波分复用信号转换时分复用信号的过程中，一定要考虑转换光每个信道消光比的均衡。     

基于半导体光放大器的新型全光逻辑与门

为了实现基于半导体光放大器的全光逻辑与门,采用了在半导体光放大器构成的马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的基础上,注入外部连续光的方法。以半导体光放大器速率方程为基础,对设计方案进行了理论分析和仿真验证,取得了不同重复周期、不同脉冲宽度的光脉冲序列经过全光逻辑与门操作后的输出数据。结果表明,该方案能对传输速率为10Gbit/s或以下的信号进行正确与运算,同时,外光注入可以有效提高半导体光放大器信号处理速度。这一结果对基于半导体光放大器的全光逻辑的设计是有帮助的。     

Ultra-fast all-optical encoder using photonic crystal-based ring resonators

Optical encoders are one of the important optical logic devices required in optical communications and optical signal processing. In this paper, we proposed a novel structure for designing an all-optical 4-to-2 optical encoder based on photonic crystals. For this purpose, four photonic crystal-based ring resonators were located between the input and output ports which results in improved coupling efficiencies between input and output waveguide and reduced cross-reflection between the input ports. The central wavelength of the photonic crystal-based ring resonators is 1555 nm. However, due to its wide bandwidth the proposed structure can be used for a wide range of optical waves. In the proposed structure, the delay time and the ON/OFF contrast ratio are 1.8 ps and 9.2 dB, respectively. The other advantages of the proposed structure is that we did not use nonlinear materials in designing the proposed structure, so there is no need for high amount of optical intensities.     

用硅光电负阻器件产生光学双稳态

本文利用作者近期研制出的硅光电表面负阻晶体管（PNEGIT），首次提出并通过实验成功地实现了一种新的光学双稳态即以PNEGIT作为光输入器件，用它驱动一发光管（LED）作为光输出器件，由于PNEGIT具有负阻输出特性，致使LED输出光功率（POUt）一输入光功率（Pin）特性上出现光学双稳环．这种器件具有光开关、光逻辑、光存贮等多种功能，将为硅光电器件在光信息处理、光计算、光通讯等领域中的应用，开辟一条新途径     

利用光纤参量放大器构成全光与门

利用光纤参量放大器(FOPA)中的波长转换特性完成全光与逻辑运算。以波长转换的原理为基础, 从两路输入光波的四种码字组合的相位匹配关系入手, 证明了FOPA的闲散光输出与两路输入光波的逻辑关系符合与门的逻辑。通过龙格-库塔方法数值求解非线性耦合方程组, 仿真证实了FOPA的输出与输入光波满足全光与门的逻辑, 研究了此全光与逻辑门闲散光波的输出功率随光纤长度、输入光波的功率比值以及输入光波波长位置的变化关系, 为实际中优化设计全光与门提供了参考。并对100 Gb/s的全光与逻辑运算中所应选择的输入光波脉冲宽度的问题进行了讨论。     

双波长光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器中波长转换

提出了基于双波长光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器增益饱和效应的全光波长转换方案，特点是可将输入信号同时转换到激光器的2个波长上。在静态波长转换实验中，观察到了1554.8nm输入信号对激光器1531.5nm与1549.4nm波长输出功率的增益饱和作用。表明可实现输入信号到激光器的两个波长的同时转换。     

Design and simulation of a novel CMOS superimposed photodetector

A novel superimposed photodetector(PD)is put forward.The photodetector can obtain a couple of differential photocur-rent signals from one input optical signal.The light injection efficiency and the vertical work distance of this new photode-tector are much higher than those of the others.The superimposed photodetctor is designed based on the standard 0.18μm CMOS process.The responsivity,bandwidth and transient response of the photodetector are simulated by a commercial simulation software of ATLAS.The responsivities of two obtained photocurrent signals are 0.035 A/W and 0.034 A/W,while the bandwidths are 3.8 GHz and 5.2 GHz,respectively.A full differential optical receiver which uses the superim-posed photodetector as input is simulated.The frequency response and 4 Gbit/s eye diagram of the optical receiver are also obtained.The results show that the two output signals can be used as the differential signal.     

The effects of a detuned optical input on bistable laser diodeswith inhomogeneous current injection

The effects of an external optical input on a bistable laser diode (BLD) with inhomogeneous current injection are discussed. The bistable behavior of optical output versus injection current is shown to be variously modified, depending on the wavelength and power of the optical input. Optical set and reset operations and optical logic achieved by optical input pulses can be explained by these characteristics of a BLD modified by an external optical signal. Analysis using rate equations is also offered to help interpretation of experimental results, as well as the optical output and the bias current injected into the BLD     

A dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with widely tunable wavelength spacing

A stable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser （EDFL） with tunable wavelength spacing and equalized output power is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The fiber laser uses two fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filters （FFP- TFs） as the wavelength filter. The main cavity is divided into two sub-cavities with imbalance cavity losses through a 30/70 optical coupler. The tunable wavelength spacing can be achieved by changing the center wavelength of the filters and the equalized dual-wavelength output power can be achieved by properly controlling the variable optical attenuator （VOA） inserted in the lower-loss cavity.     

Multiwavelength highway photonic switches using wavelength-sortingelements-design

We propose multiwavelength highway photonic switch architectures for cross-connects using the wavelength routing function of the waveguide-array-grating demultiplexer. The wavelength router is used as wavelength-sorting elements. The wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical signals from multiple input ports are routed to group of output ports with certain combination of wavelengths. This enables multiport WDM systems to be configured using the reduced number of wavelength demultiplexing and multiplexing elements     

Digital optical signal processing with polarization-bistable semiconductor lasers

The operations of a complete set of optical AND, NAND, OR, and NOR gates and clocked opticalS-R, D, J-K,andTflip-flops are demonstrated, based on direct polarization switching and polarization bistability, which we have recently observed in InGaAsP/InP semiconductor lasers. By operating the laser in the direct-polarization-switchable mode, the output of the laser can be directly switched between the TM00and TE00modes with high extinction ratios by changing the injection-current level, and optical logic gates are constructed with two optoelectronic switches or photodetectors. In the polarization-bistable mode, the laser exhibits controllable hysteresis loops in the polarization-resolved power versus current characteristics. When the laser is biased in the middle of hysteresis loop, the light output can be switched between the two polarization states by injection of short electrical or optical pulses, and clocked optical flip-flops are constructed with a few optoelectronic switches and/or photodetectors. The 1 and 0 states of these devices are defined through polarization changes of the laser and direct complement functions are obtainable from the TE and TM output signals from the same laser. Switching of the polarization-bistable lasers with fast-rising current pulses has an instrument-limited mode-switching time on the order of 1 ns. With fast optoelectronic switches and/or fast photodetectors, the overall switching speed of the logic gates and flip-flops is limited by the polarization-bistable laser to < 1 ns. We have demonstrated the operations of these devices using optical signals generated by semiconductor lasers. The proposed schemes of our devices are compatible with monolithic integration based on current fabrication technology and are applicable to other types of bistable semiconductor lasers.     

On the design of multi-wavelength copy interconnects with reduced complexity

A multi-wavelength copy interconnect is a switching network capable of replicating a signal arriving at the input on a specific wavelength to one or more outputs possibly on different wavelengths. Such an interconnect can be useful in building optical multicast switches for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. In this article, we investigate, for the first time, the problem of designing copy networks that can simultaneously multicast input signals to a set of outputs while changing the wavelength of the replica according to the required routing pattern. We propose a novel multi-wavelength crossbar (MWX) switch that can switch an input signal on a specific wavelength to two different output wavelengths. The proposed MWX is used as a building block to construct two classes of multi-log_2N copy networks, namely, baseline and Bene? interconnects. The design space of the proposed interconnect classes is characterized and their hardware complexity is analyzed. We show that the proposed interconnects are transparent to existing multicast routing algorithms, and present simple routing algorithms for routing of multicast requests over the proposed designs. Comparisons with existing designs confirm that the proposed interconnects require a smaller number of space switches and wavelength conversion processes as compared to most conventional copy networks. In particular, for a large number of wavelengths and for any number of fibers the proposed design requires 50% less switching elements as compared to best available designs.