Title :
Demonstration of reconfigurable directed logic in silicon photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Qiu, Ciyuan ; Xu, Qianfan ; Soref, Richard
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We show a scalable and reconfigurable optical logic architecture based on a regular array of integrated optical switches. We present a proof-of-principle demonstration with a 2 ×2 switch array that can perform arbitrary two-input logic functions.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical logic; optical switches; silicon; Si; optical logic architecture; optical switches; photonic integrated circuits; reconfigurable directed logic; two-input logic functions; Electrooptical waveguides; Logic circuits; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
