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Optical logic gates by nonlinear mixing in BBO

Psaltis, D.  
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Moser, C.
1999
Optical Pulse And Beam Propagation
Conference on Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation

An experimental demonstration of a set of optical logic gates (OR, XOR, AND) is shown using non-linear mixing in a BBO crystal. Pulses generated by a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser at 800 nm (140 fs duration, 2nJ/pulse) are split in 4 beams evenly separated in space and propagating collinearly. The 4 beams are focused by a singlet lens in the non-linear crystal and frequency doubled using a type I non-colinear phase matching (e = o + o). Due to spherical aberrations of the lens, the 2 beams that are far from the optical axis are brought into a focus that is slightly further away from the focus formed by the 2 beams closer to the optical axis. The frequency-doubted light generated by the two foci propagates in the same direction. An OR gate is produced by constructive interference of the frequency doubled pulses. A XOR gate is produced using destructive interference. OR and XOR can be programmed from a single gate by adjusting time delays of the inputs. We raise the possibility of coating a cascaded set of gates for a femtosecond time scale computing system using photoinduced absorption in polyacetylene substitutes.

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Type
conference paper
DOI
10.1117/12.351055
Web of Science ID

WOS:000081784000017

Author(s)
Psaltis, D.  
Moser, C.
Date Issued

1999

Publisher

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering, Po Box 10, Bellingham, Wa 98227-0010 Usa

Published in
Optical Pulse And Beam Propagation
Series title/Series vol.

Proceedings Of The Society Of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (Spie); 3609

Start page

173

End page

180

Subjects

optical gates

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second harmonic generation (SHG)

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femtosecond pulses

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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OTHER

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
Conference on Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation

SAN JOSE, CA

Jan 27-28, 1999

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November 25, 2010
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