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Design analysis and applications of all-optical multifunctional logic using a semiconductor optical amplifier-based polarization rotation switch

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In this communication, a new semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based module for multi-valued logic units using the cross-polarization modulation effect is proposed and analyzed. The design is simple and compact, consisting of only three SOAs and a few passive optical elements. SOAs have very low switching power (< 1mW), and are very small (< 1 mm) and integrable into modern optical integrated circuits. Being multifunctional, the design is versatile; it can function as a demultiplexer, comparator, half adder, half subtractor, and as basic (OR, AND), universal (NOR, NAND), XOR, and XNOR logic gates. This design follows a tree architecture, operates at very high speed (~ 100Gbit/s), and provides a good Q factor (30 dB or more). The corresponding bit error rate (BER) is very low (~ 10–24). In this work, a relative eye opening as large as 90.4% is calculated. The variations in Q and BER with noise and control power are also investigated.

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  1. Department of Physics, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, 713340, India

    A. Raja & J. N. Roy

  2. Department of Physics, B. B. College, Asansol, West Bengal, 713303, India

    A. Raja & K. Mukherjee

  3. Centre for Organic Spintronics and Optoelectronics Devices (COSOD), Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, India

    K. Mukherjee & J. N. Roy

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Raja, A., Mukherjee, K. & Roy, J.N. Design analysis and applications of all-optical multifunctional logic using a semiconductor optical amplifier-based polarization rotation switch. J Comput Electron 20, 387–396 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-020-01607-1

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