Frequency-domain ultrafast passive logic: NOT and XNOR gates

AbstractElectronic Boolean logic gates, the foundation of current computation and digital information processing, are reaching final limits in processing power. The primary obstacle is energy consumption which becomes impractically large, > 0.1 fJ/bit per gate, for signal speeds just over several GHz. Unfortunately, current solutions offer either high-speed operation or low-energy consumption. We propose a design for Boolean logic that can achieve both simultaneously (high speed and low consumption), here demonstrated for NOT and XNOR gates. Our method works by passively modifying the phase relationships among the different frequencies of an input data signal to redistribute its energy into the desired logical output pattern. We experimentally demonstrate a passive NOT gate with an energy dissipation of ~1 fJ/bit at 640 Gb/s and use it as a building block for an XNOR gate. This approach is applicable to any system that can propagate coherent waves, such as electromagnetic, acoustic, plasmonic, mechanical, or quantum.

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High Speed All Optical Logic Gates Using Binary Phase Shift Keyed Signal Based On QD-SOA

International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems ◽

10.1142/s0129156415500056 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (03n04) ◽

pp. 1550005 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Wenbo Li ◽

Hongyu Hu ◽

Xiang Zhang ◽

Niloy K. Dutta

Keyword(s):

Phase Shift ◽

High Speed ◽

Logic Gates ◽

Boolean Logic ◽

Rate Equations ◽

Hole Burning ◽

Spectral Hole Burning ◽

Optical Logic ◽

Binary Phase ◽

All Optical

A scheme to realize all-optical Boolean logic functions, XOR, AND and NAND operations using binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) signal based on quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers (QD-SOA) has been designed and studied. Nonlinear dynamics including carrier heating and spectral hole-burning are taken into account together with the rate equations. We demonstrate XOR, AND and NAND operations at 250Gb/s using a pair of QD-SOA Mach-Zehnder interferometers. Results show that this scheme is suitable for high speed all-optical Boolean logic operations and can improve the output quality comparing with the system using on-off-keyed (OOK) signal.

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High Speed All-Optical Logic Gate Using QD-SOA and its Application

10.20944/preprints201706.0101.v1 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Shuai Zhao ◽

Hongyu Hu

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Logic Gate ◽

Logic Gates ◽

Boolean Logic ◽

Hole Burning ◽

Spectral Hole Burning ◽

Optical Logic ◽

Carrier Heating ◽

Optical Logic Gates ◽

All Optical

The scheme to realize high speed (~250Gb/s) all-optical Boolean logic gates using semiconductor optica amplifiers with quantum-dot (QD-SOA) is introduced and analyzed in this review. Numerical simulation method was presented by solving the rate equation and taking into account nonlinear dynamics including carrier heating and spectral hole-burning. Binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) signal and on-off keyed signal are used to generate high speed all-optical logic gates. The applications based on all-optical logic gates such as, all-optical latches, pseudo random bit sequence (PRBS) generation and all-optical encryption, are also discussed in this review. Results show that the scheme based on QD-SOA is a promising method for the realization of high speed all-optical communication system in the future.

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Nonlinear Optics for High-Speed Digital Information Processing

Science ◽

10.1126/science.286.5444.1523 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 286 (5444) ◽

pp. 1523-1528 ◽

Cited By ~ 403

Author(s):

D. Cotter

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Nonlinear Optics ◽

High Speed ◽

Digital Information ◽

Digital Information Processing

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An error-resilient non-volatile magneto-elastic universal logic gate with ultralow energy-delay product

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/srep07553 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Ayan K. Biswas ◽

Jayasimha Atulasimha ◽

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

Keyword(s):

Logic Gate ◽

Error Resilience ◽

Logic Gates ◽

Error Rates ◽

Boolean Logic ◽

Digital Information ◽

Universal Logic ◽

Nanomagnetic Logic ◽

Ultralow Energy ◽

Energy Delay Product

Abstract A long-standing goal of computer technology is to process and store digital information with the same device in order to implement new architectures. One way to accomplish this is to use nanomagnetic logic gates that can perform Boolean operations and then store the output data in the magnetization states of nanomagnets, thereby doubling as both logic and memory. Unfortunately, many of these nanomagnetic devices do not possess the seven essential characteristics of a Boolean logic gate : concatenability, non-linearity, isolation between input and output, gain, universal logic implementation, scalability and error resilience. More importantly, their energy-delay products and error rates tend to vastly exceed that of conventional transistor-based logic gates, which is unacceptable. Here, we propose a non-volatile voltage-controlled nanomagnetic logic gate that possesses all the necessary characteristics of a logic gate and whose energy-delay product is two orders of magnitude less than that of other nanomagnetic (non-volatile) logic gates. The error rate is also superior.

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Digital logic gates in soft, conductive mechanical metamaterials

Nature Communications ◽

10.1038/s41467-021-21920-y ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Charles El Helou ◽

Philip R. Buskohl ◽

Christopher E. Tabor ◽

Ryan L. Harne

Keyword(s):

Integrated Circuits ◽

Electronic Materials ◽

Polymer Networks ◽

Conductive Polymer ◽

Network Connectivity ◽

Logic Gates ◽

Boolean Logic ◽

Digital Logic ◽

Mechanical Metamaterials ◽

Logic Operations

AbstractIntegrated circuits utilize networked logic gates to compute Boolean logic operations that are the foundation of modern computation and electronics. With the emergence of flexible electronic materials and devices, an opportunity exists to formulate digital logic from compliant, conductive materials. Here, we introduce a general method of leveraging cellular, mechanical metamaterials composed of conductive polymers to realize all digital logic gates and gate assemblies. We establish a method for applying conductive polymer networks to metamaterial constituents and correlate mechanical buckling modes with network connectivity. With this foundation, each of the conventional logic gates is realized in an equivalent mechanical metamaterial, leading to soft, conductive matter that thinks about applied mechanical stress. These findings may advance the growing fields of soft robotics and smart mechanical matter, and may be leveraged across length scales and physics.

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Asymmetric Ge/SiGe coupled quantum well modulators

Nanophotonics ◽

10.1515/nanoph-2021-0007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 1765-1773

Author(s):

Yi Zhang ◽

Jianfeng Gao ◽

Senbiao Qin ◽

Ming Cheng ◽

Kang Wang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Quantum Well ◽

Quantum Wells ◽

High Speed ◽

Low Voltage ◽

Extinction Ratio ◽

High Frequency Response ◽

Modulation Format ◽

Silicon Photonic ◽

Coupled Quantum Well

Abstract We design and demonstrate an asymmetric Ge/SiGe coupled quantum well (CQW) waveguide modulator for both intensity and phase modulation with a low bias voltage in silicon photonic integration. The asymmetric CQWs consisting of two quantum wells with different widths are employed as the active region to enhance the electro-optical characteristics of the device by controlling the coupling of the wave functions. The fabricated device can realize 5 dB extinction ratio at 1446 nm and 1.4 × 10−3 electrorefractive index variation at 1530 nm with the associated modulation efficiency V π L π of 0.055 V cm under 1 V reverse bias. The 3 dB bandwidth for high frequency response is 27 GHz under 1 V bias and the energy consumption per bit is less than 100 fJ/bit. The proposed device offers a pathway towards a low voltage, low energy consumption, high speed and compact modulator for silicon photonic integrated devices, as well as opens possibilities for achieving advanced modulation format in a more compact and simple frame.

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Experimental Investigation During Stall and Surge in a Transonic Fan Stage and Rotor-Only Configuration

Volume 6: Turbomachinery, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/gt2006-90925 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

A. J. Gannon ◽

G. V. Hobson ◽

R. P. Shreeve ◽

I. J. Villescas

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Fast Response ◽

Pressure Measurements ◽

Post Processing ◽

Transonic Compressor ◽

Compressor Rotor ◽

The Difference ◽

Data Signal ◽

Transonic Fan ◽

Casing Pressure

High-speed pressure measurements of a transonic compressor rotor-stator stage and rotor-only configuration during stall and surge are presented. Rotational speed data showed the difference between the rotor-only case and rotor-stator stage. The rotor-only case stalled and remained stalled until the control throttle was opened. In the rotor-stator stage the compressor surged entering a cyclical stalling and then un-stalling pattern. An array of pressure probes was mounted in the case wall over the rotor for both configurations of the machine. The fast response probes were sampled at 196 608 Hz as the rotor was driven into stall. Inspection of the raw data signal allowed the size and speed of the stall cell during its growth to be investigated. Post-processing of the simultaneous signals of the casing pressure showed the development of the stall cell from the point of inception and allowed the structure of the stall cell to be viewed.

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