Recent advances in integrated optical directed logic operations for high performance optical computing: a review

Ciyuan Qiu; Huifu Xiao; Liheng Wang; Yonghui Tian

doi:10.1007/s12200-022-00001-y

Recent advances in integrated optical directed logic operations for high performance optical computing: a review

Front Optoelectron. 2022 Mar 28;15(1):1. doi: 10.1007/s12200-022-00001-y.

Authors

Ciyuan Qiu^#¹, Huifu Xiao^#², Liheng Wang², Yonghui Tian³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Lab of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
² Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
³ Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. siphoton@lzu.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Optical directed logic (DL) is a novel logic operation scheme that employs electrical signals as operands to control the working states of optical switches to perform the logic functions. This review first provides an overview of the concept and working principle of DL. The developing trends of DL computing are then discussed in detail, including the fundamental optical DL gates, combinational optical DL operations, reconfigurable logic computing, low power optical logic computing, and programmable photonic network. The concluding remarks provide an outlook on the DL future development and its impacts in optical computing.

Keywords: Directed logic (DL); Optical computing; Optical switch.

Publication types

Review