Self-powered broadband photodetector based on MoS2/Sb2Te3 heterojunctions: a promising approach for highly sensitive detection by Wang Hao, Gui Yaliang, Dong Chaobo, Altaleb Salem, Nouri Behrouz Movahhed, Thomaschewski Martin, Dalir Hamed, Sorger Volker J.

“…Photodetectors, as one of the most widely used optoelectronic devices, are crucial for sensing, imaging, communication, and optical computing systems to convert optical signals to electrical signals. …”
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Reconfigurable Optical Directed Logic Circuits Based on Mode Division Multiplexing Technology by Mingrui Yuan, Yiyang Li, Huifu Xiao, Xudong Zhou, Pengfei Cao, Lin Cheng, Guanghui Ren, Qinfen Hao, Jiuzhi Xue, Arnan Mitchell, Yonghui Tian

“…The demonstrated RODLC characterized with reconfigurability, scalability, and ability for large-scale integration, will contribute to the flourishing development of optical computing and information processing in large-scale optical hybrid integrated circuits.…”
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Energy efficient photonic memory based on electrically programmable embedded III-V/Si memristors: switches and filters by Stanley Cheung, Bassem Tossoun, Yuan Yuan, Yiwei Peng, Yingtao Hu, Wayne V. Sorin, Geza Kurczveil, Di Liang, Raymond G. Beausoleil

“…As a result, co-integrated photonic memristors offer a pathway for in-memory optical computing and large-scale non-volatile photonic circuits.…”
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Electrically-switched differential microscopy based on computing liquid-crystal platforms by Liu Shuoqing, Zheng Dandan, Yang Qiang, Chen Shizhen, Wen Shuangchun, Luo Hailu

“…Computing liquid crystal (LC) is a thin and flat optical element with excellent capability in optical field modulation, which gives a feasible way to this issue from the perspective of analog optical computing. We here propose and experimentally implement an electrically switched two-dimensional (2D) differential microscopy based on computing LC platforms. …”
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NanoLEDs for energy-efficient and gigahertz-speed spike-based sub-λ neuromorphic nanophotonic computing by Romeira Bruno, Figueiredo José M. L., Javaloyes Julien

“…However, a miniaturized light-emitting nanosource for spike-based operation of interest for neuromorphic optical computing is still lacking. In this work, we propose and theoretically analyze a novel nanoscale nanophotonic neuron circuit. …”
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Polymer modulators in silicon photonics: review and projections by Taghavi Iman, Moridsadat Maryam, Tofini Alexander, Raza Shaheer, Jaeger Nicolas A. F., Chrostowski Lukas, Shastri Bhavin J., Shekhar Sudip

“…Optical modulators are vital for many applications, including telecommunication, data communication, optical computing, and microwave photonic links. A compact modulator with low voltage drive requirement, low power, high speed, and compatibility with CMOS foundry process is highly desirable. …”
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Metasurface on integrated photonic platform: from mode converters to machine learning by Wang Zi, Xiao Yahui, Liao Kun, Li Tiantian, Song Hao, Chen Haoshuo, Uddin S. M. Zia, Mao Dun, Wang Feifan, Zhou Zhiping, Yuan Bo, Jiang Wei, Fontaine Nicolas K., Agrawal Amit, Willner Alan E., Hu Xiaoyong, Gu Tingyi

“…Beyond communication tasks, on-chip cascaded interferometers and photonic meshes are also sought for optical computing and advanced signal processing technology. …”
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Polarization-selected nonlinearity transition in gold dolmens coupled to an epsilon-near-zero material by Niu Xinxiang, Hu Xiaoyong, Sun Quan, Lu Cuicui, Yang Yuanmu, Yang Hong, Gong Qihuang

“…Nonlinear optical materials are cornerstones of modern optics including ultrafast lasers, optical computing, and harmonic generation. The nonlinear coefficients of optical materials suffer from limitations in strength and bandwidth. …”
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All-optical binary computation based on inverse design method by Qi Huixin, Du Zhuochen, Yang Jiayu, Hu Xiaoyong, Gong Qihuang

“…Traditional computing method of electronic chips is limited by the bottleneck of Moore’s Law. All-optical computing of photonic chips provides a promising way to realize such high-performance data computing abilities. …”
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Exciton transport and coherence in molecular and nanostructured materials by Akselrod, Gleb M. (Gleb Markovitch)

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Performing optical logic operations by a diffractive neural network by Qian, Chao, Lin, Xiao, Lin, Xiaobin, Xu, Jian, Sun, Yang, Li, Erping, Zhang, Baile, Chen, Hongsheng

“…Optical logic operations lie at the heart of optical computing, and they enable many applications such as ultrahigh-speed information processing. …”
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Matrix eigenvalue solver based on reconfigurable photonic neural network by Liao Kun, Li Chentong, Dai Tianxiang, Zhong Chuyu, Lin Hongtao, Hu Xiaoyong, Gong Qihuang

“…This work not only provides a feasible solution for the on-chip integrated photonic realization of eigenvalue solving of real-value symmetric matrices, but also lays the foundation for a new generation of intelligent on-chip integrated all-optical computing.…”
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A Survey on Technologies Which Make Bitcoin Greener or More Justified by Henri T. Heinonen, Alexander Semenov, Jari Veijalainen, Timo Hamalainen

“…There are plans to use unconventional computing methods (quantum computing, reversible computing, ternary computing, optical computing, analog computing) to solve some of the issues regarding the vast energy consumption of conventional computing (including cryptocurrency mining). …”
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Efficient on-chip training of optical neural networks using genetic algorithm by Zhang, Hui, Thompson, Jayne, Gu, Mile, Jiang, Xudong, Cai, Hong, Liu, Patricia Yang, Shi, Yuzhi, Zhang, Yi, Muhammad Faeyz Karim, Lo, Guo Qiang, Luo, Xianshu, Dong, Bin, Kwek, Leong Chuan, Liu, Ai Qun

“…Recent advances in silicon photonic chips have made huge progress in optical computing owing to their flexibility in the reconfiguration of various tasks. …”
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Synthesis And Characterization Of New Series Of Liquid Crystalline Compounds Containing Azobenzene And Bisazobenzene Moieties by Abubakar Salisu, Abdulsalam

“…This group of compounds have potential application in photonics more specifically, in reversible optical data storage, optical switching devices, optical computing and integrated optical devices for communication. …”
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A Design of High-Efficiency: Vertical Accumulation Modulators Based on Silicon Photonics by Zhipeng Zhou, Zean Li, Cheng Qiu, Yongyi Chen, Yingshuai Xu, Xunyu Zhang, Yiman Qiao, Yubing Wang, Lei Liang, Yuxin Lei, Yue Song, Peng Jia, Yugang Zeng, Li Qin, Yongqiang Ning, Lijun Wang

“…Photonics modulators exhibiting high modulation efficiency and low insertion loss are highly sought after in numerous critical applications, such as optical phase steering, optical coherent imaging, and optical computing. This paper introduces a novel accumulation-type vertical modulator structure based on a silicon photonics platform. …”
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Laser inscribed optical waveguides in emerging photonic material platforms by María, Ramos Vázquez

“…Overall, this work shows the potential of ultrafast laser writing as a flexible fabrication tool for the implementation of cognitive and quantum computational problems into compact and scalable chips which are desirable for the study of new optical computing schemes and algorithm optimization.…”
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Light-tunable two-dimensional electronic devices by Zhu, Chao

“…On the other hand, due to the increasing demand of huge computation, the optical computing and optical-electronic hybrid computing become potential alternatives to the miniaturization of electronic transistors. …”
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Development of problem-oriented strategies for biomedical and raman spectroscopic signal analysis by Bai, Yanru

“…A strategy for target quantification based on orthogonal projection and basic component analysis is proposed, which can be potentially used in optical computing for fast data analysis. The effectiveness of the method has been demonstrated on both Raman phantoms and spectra synthesized from the experimental measurements of doxorubicin (DOX) and leukemia cells. …”
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2D material platform for overcoming the amplitude-phase tradeoff in ring resonators by Datta, Ipshita, Gil-Molina, Andres, Chae, Sang Hoon, Zhou, Vivian, Hone, James, Lipson, Michal

“…Compact and high-speed electro-optic phase modulators play a vital role in various large-scale applications including optical computing, quantum and neural networks, and optical communication links. …”
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