Use of semiconductor optical amplifiers in signal processing applications

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2010-06
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Manning, Robert J.
Webb, Rod P.
Dailey, James M.
Maxwell, Graeme D.
Poustie, Alistair J.
Lardenois, Sébastien
Cotter, David
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Optical Society of America
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We describe a 42.6 Gbit/s all-optical pattern recognition system which uses semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). A circuit with three SOA-based logic gates is used to identify the presence of specific port numbers in an optical packet header.
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Nonlinear optics, integrated optics , Optics in computing , Optical logic
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R. J. Manning, R. P. Webb, J. M. Dailey, G. D. Maxwell, R. J. Manning, A. J. Poustie, S. Lardenois, and D. Cotter, "Use of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers in Signal Processing Applications," in Nonlinear Photonics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper NMB1. 21-24 June 2010, Karslruhe, Germany
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©2009 Optical Society of America. This paper was published in The Proceedings of Nonlinear Photonics (NP) 2010 and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=NP-2010-NMB1 Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.