DocumentCode
689773
Title
Optical diodes and transistors on a silicon chip
Author
Minghao Qi ; Varghese, Leo T. ; Jian Wang ; Li Fan ; Yi Xuan ; Ben Niu ; Tansarawiput, Chookiat ; Wirth, Justin C. ; Weiner, Andrew M. ; Fuwan Gan ; Xi Wang
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
An add-drop filter with asymmetric coupling to bus waveguides, cascaded with a notch filter, achieves diode and transistor effects, and realizes NAND and NOR logic without physically altering the device, emulating the function of neurons.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; notch filters; optical logic; optical waveguide filters; optical waveguides; photodiodes; phototransistors; silicon; NAND logic; NOR logic; Si; add-drop filter; asymmetric coupling; bus waveguides; neuron function; notch filter; optical diodes; optical transistors; silicon chip; Feeds; Logic gates; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6834160
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