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
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"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323552
