• DocumentCode
    3688113
  • Title

    All-photonic nonvolatile memory cells using phase-change materials

  • Author

    Matthias Stegmaier;Carlos Rios;Peiman Hosseini;C. David Wright;Harish Bhaskaran;Wolfram H.P. Pernice

  • Author_Institution
    Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    484
  • Lastpage
    485
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate all-optical operation of nonvolatile memory cells made from phase-change materials. The cells are embedded in nanophotonic circuits and can be used at writing speeds approaching the GHz-regime.
  • Keywords
    "Optical pumping","Optical pulses","Atom optics","Writing","Photonics","Absorption","Optical switches"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323552
  • Filename
    7323552