Nano electro-optical modulator and all-optical logic gate on a silicon chip

Amihai Meiri, Zeev Zalevsky

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Abstract

We designed a nanoscale optical communication device for use as an electro-optical modulator, an all-optical modulator, or an all-optical cascadable logic gate. The device is based on electrostatic forces and has the shape of a parallel plate capacitor. Careful planning of the dimensions allows for operation frequencies of up to hundreds of megahertz and a contrast of more than 3 dB. The device can be implemented for AND, NOT, and NAND gates.

Original languageEnglish
Article number051811
JournalJournal of Nanophotonics
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Keywords

  • electro-optical devices
  • integrated optics
  • modulators
  • optical communications
  • silicon

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