All-optical reconfigurable logic unit with optically controlled microcavity switches

Authors:
Mohit Prasad;Sukhdev Roy
Affiliations:
Department of Physics and Computer Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India;Department of Physics and Computer Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India
Venue:
OSC'10 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Optical supercomputing
Year:
2010

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Abstract

We propose an all-optical reconfigurable logic unit based on optically controlled microcavity switches that can execute different logic and arithmetic operations on the same hardware with different configuration. Theoretical designs considering bacteriorhodopsin protein-coated microcavities in a tree architecture have been presented. The combined advantages of high Q-factor, tunability, compactness, low-power control signals and flexibility of cascading switches to form circuits, makes the designs promising for practical applications.