All-optical flip-flop based on a single SOA-MZI

Abstract
A novel architecture of an all-optical flip-flop is proposed. The architecture is comprised of a single semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a feedback loop. The simulation results show that low switching energies (<2-pJ pulses) and fast operation (<1-ns response delays) may be achieved.

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