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All-optical D flip-flop using single quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Authors: Dilip Kumar Gayen, Tanay Chattopadhyay, Kyriakos E. Zoiros

Published in: Journal of Computational Electronics | Issue 1/2015

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A scheme for an ultra-high speed all-optical D flip-flop based on single quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier (QD-SOA) assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is proposed and its performance is theoretically investigated. The architecture of the all-optical circuit comprises of a properly driven and configured single QD-SOA-MZI with an external feedback loop. The impact of the input data pulse width as well as of the QD-SOAs length on the extinction ratio, contrast ratio, Q factor, relative opening of the pseudo-eye diagram and amplitude modulation of the switching outcome is explored and assessed by means of numerical simulations. The obtained results confirm the feasibility of the devised flip-flop scheme at a much higher data rate than that enabled by the conventional SOA-assisted MZI, with acceptable performance metrics.

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Title: All-optical D flip-flop using single quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Authors: Dilip Kumar Gayen
Tanay Chattopadhyay
Kyriakos E. Zoiros
Publication date: 01-03-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Computational Electronics / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1569-8025
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-014-0632-6

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