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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J Jaques, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Herman Melvin Presby, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/00 ;
Abstract
An optical device for performing at least one Boolean logic operation. The optical device has at least a first and second input signal and at least one output signal. The optical device includes at least one interferometer for receiving the at least a first and second input signals. The device also has at least one optical amplifier for creating a phase difference between the first and second inputs to generate the output signal to perform at least one Boolean logic operation.