NOR OPTICAL LOGIC GATE ARRAY - FAN-IN AND FAN-OUT MEASUREMENTS

Authors
GUALOUS H KOSTER A PASCAL D LAVAL S
Citation
H. Gualous et al., NOR OPTICAL LOGIC GATE ARRAY - FAN-IN AND FAN-OUT MEASUREMENTS, International journal of optoelectronics, 9(6), 1994, pp. 471-476
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic",Optics
Journal title
International journal of optoelectronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09525432
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
471 - 476
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-5432(1994)9:6<471:NOLGA->2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The realization of a NOR logic gate array is reported. The elementary structure is a nonlinear waveguide in silicon-on-sapphire. Using therm al optical nonlinearities, optical switching from an off-resonance sta te to resonance on a guided mode is obtained in the nonlinear regime. NOR operation has been demonstrated and fan-in of at feast two has bee n measured. Two gates have been interconnected, an a fan-out greater t han two has been determined.