Femtojoule/bit integrated nanophotonics based on photonic crystals

Masaya Notomi; Kengo Nozaki; Akihiko Shinya; Shinji Matsuo; Eiichi Kuramochi

doi:10.1587/elex.10.20132003

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Femtojoule/bit integrated nanophotonics based on photonic crystals

Masaya Notomi, Kengo Nozaki, Akihiko Shinya, Shinji Matsuo, Eiichi Kuramochi

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Keywords: photonic crystal, photonic integrated circuit, photonic network on-chip, optical interconnect, optical RAM

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2013 Volume 10 Issue 12 Pages 20132003

DOI https://doi.org/10.1587/elex.10.20132003

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This review article shows that the photonic-crystal nanocavity technology has enabled various nanophotonic devices, including all-optical switches, all-optical memories, electro-optic modulators, and lasers, which can operate with extremely-small consumption energy, owing to their very tight light confinement. These wavelength-scale largely-integrable low-power photonic devices are promising for realizing a dense photonic network in a processor chip, which will enable high-performance information processing with small consumption power and reduced heat generation.

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