Optical Bistability with Subpicosecond Switching Time,

Abstract

Optical bistability is one of the most promising ways toward optical dynamic memories. To overcome the fundamental limitations of electronics concerning speed and parallelism, optical logic elements have been demonstrated with fast response times and/or parallel architectures. Concerning speed, the subpicosecond time scale has been reached for all-optical gates. Since computation requires a means to store transient data, there is a need to demonstrate an optical memory element with a switching time that can match the subpicosecond response time of all-optical gates.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007835

Entities

People

  • Daniele Hulin
  • Jerome Paye

Organizations

  • École polytechnique

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Electronics
  • Logic
  • Logic Devices
  • Logic Elements
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Optoelectronics
  • Switching

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics