• DocumentCode
    1956500
  • Title

    Reconfigurable electro-optical logic in silicon photonic integrated circuits

  • Author

    Xu, Qianfan ; Soref, Richard

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    41
  • Abstract
    The paper presents a new optical directed logic architecture that is based on a regular array of integrated optical switches. The same circuit can be reconfigured to perform different combinational logic functions. Its application in network routing is discussed.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical devices; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical logic; silicon; Si; combinational logic functions; integrated optical switches; network routing; optical directed logic architecture; reconfigurable electro-optical logic; silicon photonic integrated circuits; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Routing; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8338-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053708
  • Filename
    6053708