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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
The Science of Information Technology
Computing with Light
• the processing of signals
• properties of light
• building a photonic computer
• future trends ?
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Signals in IT
time
volt
age
(0)
(1)
time
volt
age
(0)
(10)
(5) (7)(9)
not applicablebinary system: 01100101
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Making a Byte out of Bits
11000010 = 194
channel 1
channel 2
channel 3
channel 4
channel 5
channel 6
channel 7
channel 8
understanding:computing problems can be separated into processing of single bits.
tools are:• transport• comparison• storage
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Signal Processing in IT
transport of bits:
switching:
0 1 0 1 1 0
0 1 0 1 1 0
logic operation
switch
input 1
output0 1 0 1 1 0
input 2
0 1 0 1 1 00 1 0 1 1 0
distance, connectorinput output
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
What is a Bit ?
0 50 100 1500.00
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05 one bit in frequency-domain
Am
plitu
de (
arb.
uni
ts)
Frequency (arb. units)
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.00.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0one bitin time-domain
Sig
nal (
arb.
uni
ts)
Time (arb. units)
Fourier transform
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
The cut-off frequency
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Sig
nal (
arb.
uni
ts)
Time (arb. units)0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
0.00
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05 cut-offfrequency
cut-offfrequency
Am
plitu
de (
arb.
uni
ts)
Frequency (arb. units)
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Electronics
transport of bits:
switching:
cut-off= R / L
metal wire
Source
Gate
Drain
p-type S ilicon Wafer
n-type
Oxide
n-type
cut-off = R*C
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Cut-off frequency vs. clock frequency
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 1400.00
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05 cut-offfrequency
cut-offfrequency
Am
plitu
de (
arb.
uni
ts)
Frequency (arb. units)0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
clock
clock
clock
Sig
na
l (a
rb. u
nits
)
Time (arb. units)
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Clock Frequency of Computers
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
106
107
108
109
1010
1011
1012
1013
physical limit
PCsafter Malone (1995)
technological limit
C
lock
Fre
qu
en
cy (
Hz)
Year
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Clock Frequency of Computers
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
106
107
108
109
1010
1011
1012
1013
physical limit
PCsafter Malone (1995)
technological limit
C
lock
Fre
qu
en
cy (
Hz)
Year
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Photonics
Idea: substitute electrical currents with light
cut-off = ?
( 30*1012 Hz )
glass fiber
cut-off= R / L
( 30*108 Hz )
metal wire
electrons
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Let’s build a photonic computer
semiconductor laser modulator
clock
bit stream
modulator
bit stream
information
modulator
bit stream
information
photonicswitch
(AND)
output to detector
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Semiconductor laser
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Output of a laser
rapidly oscillating electromagnetic field
0 2 4 6 8
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
= 800 nm
Fie
ld (
arb
. un
its)
Time (fs)
1 fs = 10 –15 s = 0.000000000000001 s
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Desired: short pulses and pulse trains
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
-1
0
1
2
3
= 800 nm = 30 fs
Fie
ld (
arb.
uni
ts)
Time (fs)
0 50 100 150 200 250
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
Sig
nal (
arb.
uni
ts)
Time (fs)
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Let’s build a photonic computer
semiconductor laser modulator
clock
bit stream
modulator
bit stream
information
modulator
bit stream
information
photonicswitch
(AND)
output to detector
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Opto-electronic modulation
Search: Interface between optical & electrical pulses
Electro-optic modulators
• example liquid crystals:
• get dark when electrical bias is applied
• very slow
• Pockels-effect:
• index of refraction depends
on applied voltage
• very fast
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer
t
lithium tantalate
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Constructive & destructive interference
0 2 4 6 8
constructive interference
branch 2
branch 1
Fie
ld (
arb
. un
its)
Time (fs)
0 2 4 6 8
destructive interference
Fie
ld (
arb
. un
its)
Time (fs)
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Integration of intensity modulators
material: lithiumniobate
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Let’s build a photonic computer
semiconductor laser modulator
clock
bit stream
modulator
bit stream
information
modulator
bit stream
information
photonicswitch
(AND)
output to detector
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
All-optical switching
the problem:light doesn’t interact with light
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Absorption saturation
idea: use matter (electrons) to mediate the light-light interaction
atom:
• electrons in orbits/states
• Pauli-rule: up to 2 electrons
per state are allowed
• transitions by light absorption
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Optical transition of electrons
ener
gy
fille
d st
ate
sem
pty
stat
es
atom in
ground state
atom in
excited state
absorption of
a photon
atom fully in
excited state
saturated
absorption
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
All-optical switching by saturated absorption
pulse #1
pulse #2
transmission
signal
A
B
C
A B C
00 0
0 0
1 0
1
0
1 1 1
AND-gate:
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Excitation of bulk semiconductors
ener
gy
thickness
valenceband
conductionband
ener
gy
absorption
electron
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Better: semiconductor heterostructuresen
erg
y
layer thickness
valenceband
conductionband
hole state
electronstate
ener
gy
absorption
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
We are done: a photonic computer (???)
semiconductor laser modulator
clock
bit stream
modulator
bit stream
information
modulator
bit stream
information
photonicswitch
(AND)
output to detector
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Keep the information for some time
Solution: bistable devices
Electronics: Flip-Flop
Input
Out
pu
t
10
1
0
Time
Inpu
t
a
1
0
b c d
ab
cd
Time
Out
pu
t
a
1
0
b c d
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
The SEED (self-electro-optic effect device)
En
ergy
Layer Thickness
En
ergy
Layer Thickness
En
ergy
Layer Thickness
apply voltage with photo carriers
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Photoinduced absorption
Lase
r
Energy
Abs
orpt
ion
Ene
rgy
Layer Thickness
apply voltage
Ene
rgy
Layer Thickness
with photo carriers
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Demonstration of concepts
The first steps towards photonic computing:
efficient transfer of data by fibers
rates up to 30 THz
switching times as fast as 100 fs
low switching energies
close to switching energies in electronic
high repetition rates
> 100 GHz
factor 100 higher as in PCs
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Technological problems
interface electronics-optics usually slow (10 GHz) expensive ( ~ 100 US$)
micro integration devices of dimension 0.03 – 10 mm for parallel processing arrays of several cm
hybrid technologies expensive not acceptable
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
The market
assume for 10 years: 500 Mio Computers 100 US$ for photonic components
50 billion US$
more important: relation between market
potential and risk:50 billion US$
risk = ?
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Roland [email protected]
Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Research at Rensselaer
optical on chip interconnects fiber optical connects (Persans) terahertz optoelectronics (Zhang, Shur, Kersting)
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
The electromagnetic spectrum
1 kHz 1 MHz 1 GHz 1 THz 1 PHz
1 ms 1 s 1 ns 1 ps 1 fs
time frequency
HiFi
radio waves
IT
visiblelight
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
THz pulses
Properties: THz pulses are information carrier
measure the field very short light pulses possible propagate free space & on metal
wires fibers are no longer necessary
switching medium : semiconductors can be tailored for THz pulses no hybrid technologies
-1 0 1 2 3
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
Fie
ld (
arb
. un
its)
Time (ps)
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Logic operations with THz pulses
THz phase modulator
output C
input A
input B
A B C
0011
0101
0001
phase shift
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
THz semiconductor devices
Science fiction ?
our work:THz modulator• operating @ 3THz
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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Terahertz differentiator
analog computer:• calculates the first time-derivative• operates at THz frequencies
-0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5
-1.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
calculation
transmitted pulse
incident pulsex0.1
Ele
ctric
Fie
ld (
arb.
uni
ts)
Time (ps)
silicon substrate
metallic grating
inputTHz pulse
d ~ 10 m
outputTHz pulse