Experimental demonstration of a reconfigurable electro-optic directed logic circuit using cascaded carrier-injection micro-ring resonators

We experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable electro-optic directed logic circuit which can perform any combinatorial logic operation using cascaded carrier-injection micro-ring resonators (MRRs), and the logic circuit is fabricated on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with the standard com...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2017-07, Vol.7 (1), p.6410-10, Article 6410
Main Authors: Tian, Yonghui, Liu, Zilong, Xiao, Huifu, Zhao, Guolin, Liu, Guipeng, Yang, Jianhong, Ding, Jianfeng, Zhang, Lei, Yang, Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
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639/624/1075/1079
Boolean
Circuits
CMOS
Fabrication
High performance computing
High speed
Humanities and Social Sciences
Information processing
Injection
Laboratories
Light
multidisciplinary
Optics
Photonics
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Semiconductors
Silicon
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Summary:We experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable electro-optic directed logic circuit which can perform any combinatorial logic operation using cascaded carrier-injection micro-ring resonators (MRRs), and the logic circuit is fabricated on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with the standard commercial Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication process. PIN diodes embedded around MRRs are employed to achieve the carrier injection modulation. The operands are represented by electrical signals, which are applied to the corresponding MRRs to control their switching states. The operation result is directed to the output port in the form of light. For proof of principle, several logic operations of three-operand with the operation speed of 100  Mbps are demonstrated successfully.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-06736-5