All-optical XOR logic gate for 40Gb/s DPSK signals via FWM in a silicon nanowire
journal contribution
posted on 2024-11-01, 15:54 authored by Fangxin Li, Trung Vo, Chad Husko, Mark Pelusi, D.X Xu, A Densmore, Rubin Ma, Siegfried Janz, Ben Eggleton, David MossWe demonstrate an all-optical XOR logic function for 40Gb/s differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK) data signals in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. Error-free operation with a system penalty of ~3.0dB and ~4.3dB at 10-9 BER is achieved.
