Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality
Modern-day computers rely on electrical signaling for the processing and storage of data, which is bandwidth-limited and power hungry. This fact has long been realized in the communications field, where optical signaling is the norm. However, exploiting optical signaling in computing will require ne...
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| author | Farmakidis, N Youngblood, N Li, X Tan, J Swett, JL Cheng, Z Wright, CD Pernice, WHP Bhaskaran, H |
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| description | Modern-day computers rely on electrical signaling for the processing and storage of data, which is bandwidth-limited and power hungry. This fact has long been realized in the communications field, where optical signaling is the norm. However, exploiting optical signaling in computing will require new on-chip devices that work seamlessly in both electrical and optical domains, without the need for repeated electrical-to-optical conversion. Phase-change devices can, in principle, provide such dual electrical-optical operation, but assimilating both functionalities into a single device has so far proved elusive owing to conflicting requirements of size-limited electrical switching and diffraction-limited optical response. Here, we combine plasmonics, photonics, and electronics to deliver an integrated phase-change memory cell that can be electrically or optically switched between binary or multilevel states. Crucially, this device can also be simultaneously read out both optically and electrically, offering a new strategy for merging computing and communications technologies. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ff881b18-b77a-4496-b025-0a26d07e63292022-03-27T13:45:42ZPlasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionalityJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ff881b18-b77a-4496-b025-0a26d07e6329EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science2019Farmakidis, NYoungblood, NLi, XTan, JSwett, JLCheng, ZWright, CDPernice, WHPBhaskaran, HModern-day computers rely on electrical signaling for the processing and storage of data, which is bandwidth-limited and power hungry. This fact has long been realized in the communications field, where optical signaling is the norm. However, exploiting optical signaling in computing will require new on-chip devices that work seamlessly in both electrical and optical domains, without the need for repeated electrical-to-optical conversion. Phase-change devices can, in principle, provide such dual electrical-optical operation, but assimilating both functionalities into a single device has so far proved elusive owing to conflicting requirements of size-limited electrical switching and diffraction-limited optical response. Here, we combine plasmonics, photonics, and electronics to deliver an integrated phase-change memory cell that can be electrically or optically switched between binary or multilevel states. Crucially, this device can also be simultaneously read out both optically and electrically, offering a new strategy for merging computing and communications technologies. |
| spellingShingle | Farmakidis, N Youngblood, N Li, X Tan, J Swett, JL Cheng, Z Wright, CD Pernice, WHP Bhaskaran, H Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality |
| title | Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality |
| title_full | Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality |
| title_fullStr | Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality |
| title_short | Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality |
| title_sort | plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase change devices with dual electrical optical functionality |
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