Abstract
A complete set of and, or, nand, nor, and invert logic gates is demonstrated using a distributed feedback (DFB) injection laser with two-electrode current control. The logic operation is based on the high-speed two-wavelength switching using the two-mode degeneracy property of DFB lasers that we have demonstrated recently. A 400-ps switching time, limited by the speed of the electrical signal, was observed. The device is compatible with future photonic integrated circuit and wide-band optical fiber transmission technologies.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1777-1779 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)