Single Mach-Zehnder interferometer based Boolean logic gates
Reis, C.
; Chattopadhyay, T
;
André, P.S
;
Teixeira, A.
Applied Optics Vol. 51, Nº 36, pp. 8693 - 8701, December, 2012.
ISSN (print): 1559-128X
ISSN (online): 2155-3165
Scimago Journal Ranking: 1,04 (in 2012)
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1364/AO.51.008693
Abstract
In this paper, we demonstrate different optical logic gates using a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with controlled phase modulators in each arm. The operational conditions to obtain 16 optical logic circuits, using the same design, are investigated and are a result of a constructive or destructive interference process. The proposed configuration presents significant low complexity and high scalability and its feasibility is evaluated through numerical simulations.
