Electro-optical logic using dual-nanobeam Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches
Abstract
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.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 12, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1364/oe.419287
Entities
People
- Richard Soref
- Zhoufeng Ying
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Texas at Austin