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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
