Logical gates realized by optical tunnelling

Author

Degeratu, Vasile ; Schiopu, Paul ; Degeratu, Stefania

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

213

Abstract

The advantages which result from combining electronic and optical elements, integrated on a common semiconductor substrate led to the manufacturing of integrated optoelectronical circuits on a large industrial scale. In this paper, the authors present from theoretical point of view, the realization by integrated optoelectronic technology of some logical gates as OR, AND and NOT. These logical gates are based especially on a phenomenon specific to photonics and integrated optoelectronics called the phenomenon of optical tunnelling

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; integrated optoelectronics; optical directional couplers; optical logic; optical waveguides; tunnelling; AND logical gates; NOT logical gates; OR logical gates; common semiconductor substrate; electronic elements; integrated optoelectronical circuits; integrated optoelectronics; large industrial scale; logical gates; optical elements; optical tunnelling; Electronics industry; Industrial electronics; Integrated circuit manufacture; Integrated circuit technology; Integrated optics; Integrated optoelectronics; Manufacturing industries; Semiconductor device manufacture; Substrates; Tunneling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Conference, 2001. CAS 2001 Proceedings. International

Conference_Location

Sinaia

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6666-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMICND.2001.967449

Filename

967449