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Cascaded logic gates in nanophotonic plasmon networks

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  • Hong Wei

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 603-146, Beijing 100190, China.)

  • Zhuoxian Wang

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 603-146, Beijing 100190, China.)

  • Xiaorui Tian

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 603-146, Beijing 100190, China.)

  • Mikael Käll

    (Chalmers University of Technology)

  • Hongxing Xu

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 603-146, Beijing 100190, China.
    Lund University, Box 118, Lund S-22100, Sweden.)

Abstract

Optical computing has been pursued for decades as a potential strategy for advancing beyond the fundamental performance limitations of semiconductor-based electronic devices, but feasible on-chip integrated logic units and cascade devices have not been reported. Here we demonstrate that a plasmonic binary NOR gate, a 'universal logic gate', can be realized through cascaded OR and NOT gates in four-terminal plasmonic nanowire networks. This finding provides a path for the development of novel nanophotonic on-chip processor architectures for future optical computing technologies.

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  • Hong Wei & Zhuoxian Wang & Xiaorui Tian & Mikael Käll & Hongxing Xu, 2011. "Cascaded logic gates in nanophotonic plasmon networks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 2(1), pages 1-5, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:2:y:2011:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms1388
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1388
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    1. Pei-Yuan Wu & Wei-Qing Lee & Chang-Hua Liu & Chen-Bin Huang, 2024. "Coherent control of enhanced second-harmonic generation in a plasmonic nanocircuit using a transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.

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