External cavity based single mode Fabry-Pérot laser diode and its application towards all-optical digital circuits

Bikash Nakarmi; Xuping Zhang; Yong Hyub Won

doi:10.1117/12.999738

27 November 2012 External cavity based single mode Fabry-Pérot laser diode and its application towards all-optical digital circuits

Bikash Nakarmi, Xuping Zhang, Yong Hyub Won

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Proceedings Volume 8555, Optoelectronic Devices and Integration IV; 85550F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.999738
Event: Photonics Asia, 2012, Beijing, China

Abstract

We have proposed a novel approach of realizing all-optical logic gates and combinational circuit using external cavity based single mode Fabry-Pérot laser diodes (SMFP-LDs). Different techniques and critical parameters for injection locking the any one of the modes of SMFP-LDs are discussed. Taking consideration of wavelength detuning and input injected power, we have proposed and demonstrated multi-input injection locking, supporting beam injection locking with the conventional injection locking which are used for demonstrating different logic gates (NAND, AND, XNOR, XOR, NOT, NOR) and digital circuits (Half adder and Comparator). Since we have used SMFP-LDs, there is no requirement of additional probe beam and associated components as required by other optical technologies making the realization simple in configuration, cost effective and power efficient. Clear output waveforms, eye diagrams, risingfalling times and BER are presented to verify the proposed method. All-optical logic units and digital circuit are demonstrated at the data rate of 10 Gbps with the waveform of NRZ signal waveform and measured eye diagram and BER of the PRBS of 2³¹-1 signal. The maximum power penalty among all demonstrated units is below 1.4 dB at the BER of 10^-9.

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Bikash Nakarmi, Xuping Zhang, and Yong Hyub Won "External cavity based single mode Fabry-Pérot laser diode and its application towards all-optical digital circuits", Proc. SPIE 8555, Optoelectronic Devices and Integration IV, 85550F (27 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.999738

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