12 May 2020 Performance analysis of all-optical NAND, NOR, and XNOR logic gates using photonic crystal waveguide for optical computing applications
Dalai G. Sankar Rao, Sandip Swarnakar, Santosh Kumar
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Abstract

All-optical photonic integrated devices have gained great attention in the field of optical computing and large-scale integration. All-optical logic gates are useful for optical signal processing and optical communication network. The flexible devices presented here satisfy the functionality of NAND (NOT-AND), NOR (NOT-OR), and XNOR (exclusive NOR) logic gates using only one structure with proper changes in the phase of an applied light signal. The design of all-optical logic gates is implemented with photonic crystal waveguides using square lattice silicon rods. The performance of the structure is simulated, verified, and analyzed by the finite-difference time-domain method, with the principle of interference effect at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The contrast ratio (CR) of NAND, NOR, and XNOR logic gates is 17.59, 14.3, and 10.52 dB, respectively, with an optimized size of 7.2  μm  ×  5.4  μm.

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Dalai G. Sankar Rao, Sandip Swarnakar, and Santosh Kumar "Performance analysis of all-optical NAND, NOR, and XNOR logic gates using photonic crystal waveguide for optical computing applications," Optical Engineering 59(5), 057101 (12 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.59.5.057101
Received: 12 March 2020; Accepted: 29 April 2020; Published: 12 May 2020
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KEYWORDS
Logic devices

Silicon

Chromium

Logic

Waveguides

Photonic crystals

Optical engineering

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