Optical computing

Optical logic elements based on three mutually coupled nonlinear optical waveguides

V. P. Torchigin, E. V. Sporyshev, D. S. Strebezh, I. A. Sinelobov, O. B. Romanova


Abstract: An analysis is made of all-optical waveguide elements based on a distributed interaction between light pulses in nonlinear coupled waveguides. It is shown that such elements are functionally complete and do not contain any waveguide junctions.

UDC: 621.373.826:681.3

PACS: 42.79.Ta, 42.65.Wi

Received: 07.05.1991

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1992, 22:6, 516–519

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