Title :
All-optical ultrafast reconfigurable logic unit with silicon microring resonators
Author :
Sethi, Preeti ; Roy, Sandip
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Comput. Sci., Dayalbagh Educ. Inst., Agra, India
Abstract :
We present the design of a 40 Gb/s reconfigurable logic unit based on all-optical switching by two-photon absorption induced free-carrier injection in silicon add-drop microring resonators. The circuit has been theoretically analyzed using time-domain coupled-mode theory.
Keywords :
coupled mode analysis; elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical logic; optical resonators; optical switches; silicon; two-photon processes; aii-optical ultrafast reconfigurable logic unit; all-optical switching; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; free-carrier injection; silicon add-drop microring resonators; time-domain coupled-mode theory; two-photon absorption; Handheld computers; Probes; Optical computing; coupled mode analysis; optical resonators; silicon; ultra-high-speed integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP), 2013 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4864-2
DOI :
10.1109/WRAP.2013.6917670
