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Electro-optical logic using dual-nanobeam Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches

Author(s) -

Zhoufeng Ying,

Richard Soref

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.419287

Subject(s) - astronomical interferometer , interferometry , photonics , logic gate , optical computing , mach–zehnder interferometer , photonic integrated circuit , resonator , multiplexing , electronic circuit , computer science , digital electronics , optics , silicon photonics , optical switch , physics , optoelectronics , electronic engineering , telecommunications , engineering , quantum mechanics

The maturity of integrated photonics enables many applications including high-performance computing. Digital photonic computing always considers resonator-based modulators as the key active components due to their compactness as compared to broad-spectrum Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs). In this paper, we investigate the dual-nanobeam (NB) based MZI 2 × 2 switches with much smaller footprint for realizing electro-optical logic circuits. New logic gates and scalable circuits assisted by multiplexing techniques are proposed. Results show that the NB MZI is another promising candidate for electronic-photonic digital computing.

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