Feasibility Study of Novel Optical MEMS for Nano Computing Applications

Optical computing is an efficient method of computing. With average silicon based computing devices achieving their practical limits, nanocomputing has emerged as one of the most emphasized solutions of this problem in the recent times. Various researchers have come up with theoretical and experimental nano/micro-devices which have tried to show a way to a possible solution. These devices fall under the class of Nano/Micro Electromechanical Systems (NEMS/MEMS). This paper proposes a similar NEMS/MEMS based solution to the above mentioned computing problem by combining the principles of optical switching with those of actuation and computing applications of supramolecular switches with ultra-thin nano/micro cantilever beam elements. A three layer, stacked type of NEMS structure is proposed for multi-stage simultaneous computing. The proposed system, which is optically actuated type, has been simulated mathematically for explaining its feasibility.