NOR and NAND gates using two photon absorption in silicon wire waveguide

Ultrafast all-optical NOR gate based on two photon absorption (2PA) process in SOI waveguide is already established. We have designed NAND gate also based on this process with a novel waveguide coupler structure. Power attenuation due to 2PA process and the working of these gates is developed with FDTD simulation. Dominant 2PA process is incorporated in FDTD update equations and it is shown that the influence of high intensity pump pulses on a different frequency continuous probe beam can be utilized to form NOR as well as NAND gates.     

A method of optical implementation of frequency encoded all optical logic gates based on multiphoton processes in non linear material

A novel frequency encoded all optical logic gates are proposed exploiting multiphoton processes in non linear optical medium. In the frequency encoding of the information the ‘0’ is represented by a frequency ω and ‘1’ is represented by another frequency 2ω. The gates proposed are NOT, OR, AND, NAND and NOR among which NAND and NOR are universal. Using these gates one can generate other important gates and logical function generating all optical devices. Two main three-photon processes, second harmonic generation (SHG) and parametric light generation (PLG) are used to implement the gates and the corresponding appropriate non linear material is LiB₃O₅ (LBO) which has wide operating and transparency range in the wavelength 350–3,200 nm. The source of optical frequency encoded signal may be derived from an external cavity diode laser generating a wavelength 1,560 nm for ω (‘0’ state of information) and its second harmonic 780 nm for 2ω (‘1’ state of information).     

Ultrasmall optical logic gates based on silicon periodic dielectric waveguides

An ultrasmall silicon periodic dielectric waveguides-based multimode interference all-optical logic gate has been proposed. The device consists of three 205 nm wide single-mode input waveguides, a 1.1 μm wide and 5.5 μm long multimode interference waveguide, and three 205 nm wide single-mode output waveguides. The total length and width of the device are 13.7 μm and 3.2 μm, respectively. By changing the states of the input optical signals and/or control signals launched into the device, multifunctional logic functions including OR, NAND, NOR, and NOT gates are performed, and each logic function can be realized at a specific output waveguide in accordance with the launched control signals. The ultrasmall multifunctional logic device has potential applications in high density photonic integrated circuits.     

All-optical logic gates based on two-photon absorption in semiconductor optical amplifiers

When the two-photon absorption of a high intensity pump beam takes place in a semiconductor optical amplifier there is an associated fast phase change of a weak probe signal. A scheme to realize fast all-optical XOR logic function using two-photon absorption induced phase change has been analyzed. Rate equations for semiconductor optical amplifiers, for input data signals with high intensity, configured in the form of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer has been solved. The input intensities are high enough so that the two-photon induced phase change is larger than the regular gain induced phase change. The model shows that both XOR operation and pseudo-random binary sequence generation at 250 Gb/s with good signal to noise ratio is feasible.     

Design of on-chip optical logic gates in 2D silicon photonic crystal slab

Optical Review - We have demonstrated the design of two types of on-chip optical logic gates in 2D silicon PC slab, which can support AND and XOR logic gate functions at different input...     

A method of implementation of frequency encoded all optical logic gates based on non-linear total reflectional switch at the interface

A novel method of implementation of frequency encoded logic gates NOT, OR, AND, NOR, NAND, X-OR, X-NOR is discussed. The frequency sources and physical requirements for the implementation are also discussed. The non-linear material (liquid) suitable for these operations to be performed should be of large non-linear coefficient, high reverse saturation absorption, large thermo-optic coefficient and low viscosity. The input controlling beams used to induce non-linearity in the switch are either of frequency υ₁ or υ₂ and the probe beam is a mixed signal of frequencies υ₁ and υ₂. Depending on the nature of the controlling inputs the output conditions of the probe can be adjusted to get different logic gates.     

Entanglement-assisted quantum logic gates for two remote qubits

We propose a protocol to realize quantum logic gates for two remote qubits via entanglement swapping. According to the scheme of quantum repeater presented by H.-J. Briegel et al., we can complete long-distance communication and computation. Compared with previous schemes through noisy channels, our protocol can overcome the limitation that error probability scales exponentially with the length of the channel. We illustrate this protocol in cavity QED system, but the idea can also be realized in other physical systems.     

Scheme for reliable realization of quantum logic gates for two atoms separately trapped in two distant cavities via optical fibers

An approach for realizing conditional phase gate for two atoms separately trapped in two distant cavities mediated by an optical fiber is proposed. Utilizing the adiabatic passage, the atomic spontaneous emission, and the decays of the fiber and cavities are avoided under certain condition. The effects of the losses in the fiber and cavities on the fidelity are analyzed. Moreover, our scheme is not restricted to Lamb-Dicke limit. We also generalize the approach to generate one-dimensional cluster state and entangled state for two collections of atoms.     

Chaotic synchronization of two inverse-injection semiconductor lasers for logic gates

A round-coupling configuration of two inverse-injection semiconductor lasers is presented for logic gate applications. Two laser diodes coupled via injection from the opposite laser became chaotic. Chaotic synchronization is achieved between the two lasers. Two all-optical or two optoelectronic logic gates can be implemented by modulating the injected light or laser diode current, respectively, to synchronize or unsynchronize the two chaotic states. Numerical results show the validity and feasibility of the method.     

飞秒激光直写光量子逻辑门

量子比特在同一时刻可处于所有可能状态上的叠加特性使得量子计算机具有天然的并行计算能力,在处理某些特定问题时具有超越经典计算机的明显优势.飞秒激光直写技术因其具有单步骤高效加工真三维光波导回路的能力,在制备通用型集成光量子计算机的基本单元—量子逻辑门中发挥着越来越重要的作用.本文综述了飞秒激光直写由定向耦合器构成的光量子比特逻辑门的进展.主要包括定向耦合器的功能、构成、直写和性能表征,集成波片、哈达玛门和泡利交换门等单量子比特逻辑门、受控非门和受控相位门等两量子比特逻辑门的直写加工,并对飞秒激光加工三量子比特逻辑门进行了展望.     

Scheme for implementing quantum logic gates for two atomstrapped in different cavities

A scheme is presented for realizing quantum logic gates for two atoms localized in two distant optical cavities. Our scheme works in a regime in which the atom--cavity coupling strength is smaller than the cavity decay rate. Thus the requirement on the quality factor of the cavities is greatly relaxed. Furthermore, the fidelity of our scheme is not affected by detection inefficiency and atomic decay. These advantages are important in view of experiment.     

Modulation instability in lossy silicon optical waveguide

Taking into account the small linear loss of silicon-on-insulator(SOI) waveguide, conditions and gain spectra of modulation instability(MI) induced by combined effects of self-phase modulation and waveguide dispersions are investigated. The impacts of various parameters to gain spectra of MI are analyzed theoretically. Results show that strong MI takes place even in the existence of low light power. The MI peak gain is 2 to 3 orders of magnitude larger than that achieved in optical fibers with the same light power. The linear loss of waveguide impacts gain spectra of MI, even within ultra-short propagation distance. The peak gain, peak gain frequency and bandwidth of gain spectra decrease to 66.828%, 41.683% and 41.6879% of their maxima at propagation distance z = 5mm, respectively.     

Analytical treatment for synchronizing chaos through unidirectional coupling and implementation of logic gates

The idea of synchronization can be explicitly demonstrated by both numerical and analytical means on a nonlinear electronic circuit. Also, we introduce a scheme to obtain various logic gate structures, using synchronization of chaotic systems. By a small change in the response parameter of unidirectionally coupled nonlinear systems, one is able to construct various logic behaviours by both numerical and analytical methods.     

Implementation of a novel hybrid encoding technique and realization of all optical logic gates exploiting difference frequency generation alone

A novel hybrid encoding technique scheme is proposed. Using this technique and difference frequency generation different all optical logic gates NOT, OR, AND, NAND, NOR, and X-OR are realized.     

Surface recombination velocity in a silicon optical waveguide

Measurements of the varying infrared absorption by free carriers in a silicon waveguide during intermittent electron bombardment are used to study the surface recombination velocitys. The same values for s are obtained for heat-treated and untreated samples, which supports the theory that electron beam irradiation in itself has a dehydrating effect. Other experiments show thats is not dependent on the energy of the impinging electrons in the range 16–23 keV. Finally, the temperature dependence ofs in gold-doped silicon is estimated. Ifs is written in the forms=s ₀(293/T)^x,x is found to be 2.1±0.2 in the temperature interval 261K≦T≦309K.     

Asymmetric coherent photon tunneling filter in an optical waveguide structure

Based on the well-known electron coherent tunneling phenomenon, by simulation, a photonic tunneling filter fabricated in an optical waveguide is proposed. The Bragg grating structure is applied as the photonic barrier. Two photonic barriers confine a coherent resonance cavity or photon-quantum-well. We report an asymmetric-barrier structure with opposite phase. In this configuration, the central tunneling wavelength is exactly the same as the Bragg wavelength of the grating, independent of the photon-quantum-well dimension. The photon-quantum-well length can be adjusted to make the tunneling peak interval fall to a desired spacing. The photon barrier length is responsible for the filter bandwidth. As an application, an asymmetric grating photon tunneling filter with International Telecommunication Union grid is demonstrated.     

Controlled waveguide coupling for photon emission from colloidal PbS quantum dot using tunable microcavity made of optical polymer and silicon

A tunable microcavity device composed of optical polymer and Si with a colloidal quantum dot (QD) is proposed as a single-photon source for planar optical circuit. Cavity size is controlled by electrostatic micromachine behavior with the air bridge structure to tune timing of photon injection into optical waveguide from QD. Three-dimensional positioning of a QD in the cavity structure is available using a nanohole on Si processed by scanning probe microscope lithography. We fabricated the prototype microcavity with PbS-QD-mixed polymenthyl methacrylate on a SOI (semiconductor-on-insulator) substrate to show the tunability of cavity size as the shift of emission peak wavelength of QD ensemble.     

Efficient design of silicon slot waveguide optical modulator

An optimal design of a slot waveguide is presented for realizing an ultrafast optical modulator based on a 220 nm silicon wafer technology. The recipe is to maximize the confinement and interaction between optical power supported by the waveguide and electric field applied through metallic electrodes. As height of waveguide is fixed at 220 nm, the waveguide and slot width are optimized to maximize the confinement factor of optical power. Moreover, metal electrodes tend to make the waveguide lossy, their optimal placement is calculated to reduce the optical loss and enhance the voltage per unit width in the slot. Performance of an optimally designed slot waveguide with metal electrodes as ultrafast modulator is also discussed.     

Laser-written nanoporous silicon ridge waveguide for highly sensitive optical sensors

We report that low-loss ridge waveguides are directly written on nanoporous silicon layers by using an argon-ion laser at 514 nm up to 100 mW. Optical characterization of the waveguides indicates light propagation loss lower than 0.5 dB/cm at 1550 nm after oxidation. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer sensor is experimentally demonstrated using the waveguide in its sensing branch, and analytical results indicate that very high sensitivity can be achieved. With large internal surface area, versatile surface chemistry, and adjustable index of refraction of porous silicon, the ridge waveguides can be used to configure Mach-Zehnder interferometers, Young's interferometers, and other photonic devices for highly sensitive optical biosensors and chemical sensors as well as other applications.