Briefly compare the polarization rotation speed of Mach-Zehnder interferometer, lithium crystal, LCD and semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), etc. Then propose a program of high-speed ternary optical multiplier based on SOA’s nonlinear polarization rotation. Finally, the theoretical analysis and simulation research of SOA’s nonlinear polarization rotation indicate that the ternary optical multiplier is one of the possible options to achieve high-speed optical computing, and may be widely applied to optical computer.

Date Published: 23 December 2013
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 9043, 2013 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Devices and Optical Signal Processing, 90430K (23 December 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2034476

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9043:
2013 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Devices and Optical Signal Processing
Yi Dong; Xiaoyi Bao; Chao Lu; Xiangjun Xin; Xuping Zhang, Editor(s)