Photonic logic by linear unidirectional interference.
A novel concept of unidirectional optical interference is presented, inspired by a non-Hermitian formulation of quantum mechanics via Maxwell-Schrödinger equation analogy. This model is employed for the design of photonic devices controlling strong fields by weak ones, suitable for large-scale optical logic. Implementations of very low-power photonic logic based on linear unidirectional optical gratings are presented. A linear photonic inverter is demonstrated and its performance is optimized by numerical calculations. The simulations are performed by full-vectorial beam propagation methods showing high signal to noise ratios.
Ginzburg
Pavel
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EE Department, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel. gpasha @tx.technion.ac.il
Hayat
Alex
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Vishnyakov
Victoria
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Orenstein
Meir
M