Chinese Optics, Volume. 17, Issue 2, 456(2024)

All-optical logic gate based on nonlinear effects of two-dimensional photonic crystals

Rong WU, Jian-ye YANG*, and Hao-chen ZHANG
Author Affiliations
  • School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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    Characteristics of nonlinear ring cavity and its output at each port in the 1.42−1.52 μm band. (a) Structure and (b) normalized power of output port
    Steady-state electric field diagrams and normalized powers of output ports when incident light source has different powers. (a) Electric field diagram at low power, (b) electric field diagram at high power, (c) output power at low power, and (d) output power at high power
    XOR gate structure
    Steady-state electric field diagrams and normalized power curves when input logic is '01', '10' and '11' respectively. (a)−(c) are electric field diagrams when input logic is (a) '01', (b) '10', and (c) '11'; (d)−(f) are normalized power curves when input logic is (d) '01', (e) '10', and (f) '11'
    Two-input AND gate structure
    Steady-state electric field diagrams and normalized output powers when input logic is ‘01’、 ‘11’. (a)−(b) are electric field diagrams when input logic is (a) '01' and (b) '11'; (c)−(d) are normalized output curves when input logic is (c) '01' and (d) '11'
    NOR gate structure
    Steady-state electric field diagrams and normalized output powers when input is ‘00’、 ‘10’、and ‘11’. (a)−(c) are electric field diagrams when input logic is (a) '00', (b) '10', and (c) '11'; (d)−(f) are normalized output powers when input logic is (d) '00', (e) '10', and (f) '11'
    Four-input AND gate structure
    Steady-state electric field diagrams and normalized output powers when input is ‘1000’, ‘1100’, ‘1110’ and ‘1111’. (a)−(d) are electric field diagrams when input is (a) '1000', (b) '1100' , (c) '1110', and (d) '1111' . (e)−(f) are normalized output powers when input is (e) '1000', (f) '1100', (g) '1110', and (h) '1111'
    Influence of light source power on device logic function
    • Table 1. Truth table of two-input AND gate

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      Table 1. Truth table of two-input AND gate

      Input (Normalized power)Output (Normalized power)
      I1I2O1
      010.0168
      111.0440
    • Table 2. Truth table of NOR Gate

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      Table 2. Truth table of NOR Gate

      Input (Normalized power)Output (Normalized power)
      I1I2O1
      000.4830
      100.0015
      110.0011
    • Table 3. Truth table of four-input AND gate

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      Table 3. Truth table of four-input AND gate

      Input (Normalized power)Output (Normalized power)
      I1I2I3I4O1
      10000.002
      11000.015
      11100.039
      11111.221
    • Table 4. Summarized features of proposed structure and previous works

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      Table 4. Summarized features of proposed structure and previous works

      Works/yearsContrast ratio(dB)
      XORANDNORFour-input AND
      Ref[28]/202050.87.74.6-
      Ref[29]/202211.66.25.9-
      Ref[30]/20238.712.87.7-
      This work15.717.925.115.0
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    Rong WU, Jian-ye YANG, Hao-chen ZHANG. All-optical logic gate based on nonlinear effects of two-dimensional photonic crystals[J]. Chinese Optics, 2024, 17(2): 456

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    Received: Aug. 30, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 18, 2023

    Published Online: Apr. 15, 2024

    The Author Email: Jian-ye YANG (1114332211@qq.com)

    DOI:10.37188/CO.EN-2023-0021

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