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  • Photonics and optoelectronics
  • Silicon photonics
  • Integrated optics

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  • Traditional electronic logic faces limitations in speed and power consumption.
  • Optoelectronic directed logic offers potential for high computational throughput.
  • Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microdisk resonators are promising for compact optical switches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a CMOS-compatible optoelectronic directed logic architecture.
  • To achieve high computational throughput and speed-to-power performance.
  • To demonstrate scalability in fundamental N-bit logic circuits.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized ultracompact, low-radii SOI vertical pn junction microdisk switches.
  • Employed wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and electrical control signals.
  • Integrated multiple switches to build N-bit logic circuits.

Main Results:

  • Achieved high computational throughput due to ultracompact form factor.
  • Demonstrated high speed-to-power performance via low capacitance and high junction-to-mode overlap.
  • Each switch performed NOR, NAND, and XNOR operations simultaneously.
  • Successfully implemented scalable AND/OR gates, adders, comparators, encoders, and decoders.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed architecture offers a significant advancement in silicon-based optical logic.
  • These circuits represent the smallest footprint for multigigabit-per-second optical logic devices reported.
  • The technology paves the way for more efficient and powerful optical computing systems.