TY - JOUR
T1 - Dual-wavelength bit input optical RAM with three SOA-XGM switches
AU - Fitsios, Dimitrios
AU - Vagionas, Christos
AU - Kanellos, George Theodore
AU - Miliou, Amalia
AU - Pleros, Nikos
PY - 2012/6/8
Y1 - 2012/6/8
N2 - We demonstrate a novel all-optical static RAM cell that exploits wavelength diversity in the incoming optical streams towards reducing the number of active elements. The circuit requires only three semiconductor optical amplifiers-cross gain modulation gates for successful read/write operation, yielding a 25% reduction in power consumption compared to state-of-the-art configurations. Proof-of-concept experimental verification is presented at 8 Mb/s using fiber-interconnected off-the-shelf bulk components.
AB - We demonstrate a novel all-optical static RAM cell that exploits wavelength diversity in the incoming optical streams towards reducing the number of active elements. The circuit requires only three semiconductor optical amplifiers-cross gain modulation gates for successful read/write operation, yielding a 25% reduction in power consumption compared to state-of-the-art configurations. Proof-of-concept experimental verification is presented at 8 Mb/s using fiber-interconnected off-the-shelf bulk components.
KW - Optical flip-flop
KW - optical memory
KW - optical signal processing
KW - semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861803194&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2012.2197192
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2012.2197192
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:84861803194
SN - 1041-1135
VL - 24
SP - 1142
EP - 1144
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IS - 13
M1 - 6193124
ER -