An All-Optical 4-Bit Adder Composed of Fabry-Perot Devices
Houle, Jennifer. (2023-05). An All-Optical 4-Bit Adder Composed of Fabry-Perot Devices. Theses and Dissertations Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/etd/items/houle_idaho_0089e_12539.html
- Title:
- An All-Optical 4-Bit Adder Composed of Fabry-Perot Devices
- Author:
- Houle, Jennifer
- ORCID:
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-7110
- Date:
- 2023-05
- Keywords:
- Fabry-Perot FDTD Nonlinear Optics Optical Logic
- Program:
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Subject Category:
- Electrical engineering; Electromagnetics
- Abstract:
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This work models an all-optical 4-bit adder comprised of Fabry-Perot devices. Each device is composed of 2 silver mirrors on either side of a cavity made of a nonlinear Kerr material. These devices are optically bistable and suitable for fast logic operations on the order of picoseconds. An amplifying buffer is used between devices to adjust the transmitted signal’s amplitude to the desired value, and to provide control for logic operations. This work uses the method of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) in one-dimensional (1D) space to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed idea.
- Description:
- doctoral, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering -- University of Idaho - College of Graduate Studies, 2023-05
- Major Professor:
- Sullivan, Dennis M
- Committee:
- Kuzyk, Mark G; Zadehgol, Ata; Shih, Ting-Yen; Law, Joseph
- Defense Date:
- 2023-05
- Identifier:
- Houle_idaho_0089E_12539
- Type:
- Text
- Format Original:
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
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