Demonstration of an all-optical Fredkin gate

We demonstrate experimentally an all-optical Fredkin gate that allows the implementation of reversible optical logic. The gate is formed by a semiconductor optical amplifier based nonlinear loop mirror and operates with switching energies of ∼100 fJ.

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Published inOptics communications Vol. 174; no. 1; pp. 317 - 320
Main Authors Poustie, A.J, Blow, K.J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.01.2000
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonlinear optics
Optical bistability, multistability and switching, including local field effects
Optical bistability, multistability, and switching
Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers
Optics
Physics
Systems, networks and services of telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Transmission and modulation (techniques and equipments)
Semiconductor amplifier
Semiconductor materials
Non linear optics
Optical amplifier
Logic gate
Experimental study
Non linear loop mirror
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Summary:We demonstrate experimentally an all-optical Fredkin gate that allows the implementation of reversible optical logic. The gate is formed by a semiconductor optical amplifier based nonlinear loop mirror and operates with switching energies of ∼100 fJ.
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ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00722-1