title: Single Mach-Zehnder interferometer based optical Boolean logic gates.
abstract: In this paper, we demonstrate different optical logic gates using a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer with controlled phase modulators in each arm. The operational conditions to obtain 16 optical logic circuits, using the same design, are investigated and are a result of a constructive or destructive interference process. The proposed configuration presents significant low complexity and high scalability, and its feasibility is evaluated through numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal. creis@av.it.pt
authors.forename: Cláudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: Tanay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teixeira