N-nary optical semiconductor photonic transistor

Shaowen Song; Eugeniu M. Popescu

doi:10.1117/1.2802090

1 November 2007 N-nary optical semiconductor photonic transistor

Shaowen Song, Eugeniu M. Popescu

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 46, Issue 11, 115201 (November 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2802090

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel optoelectronic device, called a photonic transistor, and we investigate its properties as they pertain to digital electronic applications. The photonic transistor design is based on a heterojunction configuration similar to a semiconductor optical amplifier, and can be used to construct either N-nary digital logic gates or binary Boolean logic gates. The properties of the photonic transistor are investigated using computer simulations, and the numerical results indicate that such a device can be successfully used in digital optoelectronic applications.

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Shaowen Song and Eugeniu M. Popescu "N-nary optical semiconductor photonic transistor," Optical Engineering 46(11), 115201 (1 November 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2802090

Published: 1 November 2007

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