Optical RAM and integrated optical memories: a survey

T Alexoudi, GT Kanellos, N Pleros - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
The remarkable achievements in the area of integrated optical memories and optical
random access memories (RAMs) together with the rapid adoption of optical interconnects in …

Optics in computing: From photonic network-on-chip to chip-to-chip interconnects and disintegrated architectures

T Alexoudi, N Terzenidis, S Pitris… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Following a decade of radical advances in the areas of integrated photonics and computing
architectures, we discuss the use of optics in the current computing landscape attempting to …

Optical set-reset flip-flop based on dielectric-loaded graphene-plasmonic waveguides

MH Rezaei, A Zarifkar - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, an optical Set-Reset (SR) flip-flop based on dielectric-loaded graphene-
plasmonic waveguides (DLGPWs) working in the mid-infrared region is presented. The …

Ultrafast all-optical flip-flops, simultaneous comparator-decoder and reconfigurable logic unit with silicon microring resonator switches

P Sethi, S Roy - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present designs of all-optical SR, clocked-SR, D and T flip-flops, simultaneous single-bit
comparator-decoder and reconfigurable logic unit based on all-optical switching by two …

Optical buffering for chip multiprocessors: a 16GHz optical cache memory architecture

P Maniotis, D Fitsios, GT Kanellos… - Journal of lightwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a 16GHz physical layer optical cache memory architecture for direct
mapping associativity, organized in four cache lines with every line being capable of storing …

WDM-enabled optical RAM at 5 Gb/s using a monolithic InP flip-flop chip

S Pitris, C Vagionas, T Tekin, R Broeke… - IEEE Photonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical static random access memory (RAM) cell
using a novel monolithic InP set-reset flip-flop (FF) chip and a single hybridly integrated …

Ultra-compact III‒V-on-Si photonic crystal memory for flip-flop operation at 5 Gb/s

D Fitsios, T Alexoudi, A Bazin, P Monnier, R Raj… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We report on a photonic crystal (PhC) nanolaser based on the heterogeneous integration of
a III-V PhC nanocavity on SOI, configured to operate as a Set-Reset Flip-Flop (SR-FF). The …

Optical RAM row with 20 Gb/s optical word read/write

T Alexoudi, C Pappas, T Moschos… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
During the past years, optical memories have emerged as the main way to enable fast
access times and increased memory bandwidth in synergy with optical interconnections …

Optical cache memory peripheral circuitry: Row and column address selectors for optical static RAM banks

T Alexoudi, S Papaioannou… - Journal of lightwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate WDM-enabled all-passive optical row and column address selector
(RAS/CAS) circuits for use as optical static RAM (SRAM) bank peripherals in future optical …

An all-passive Si3N4 optical row decoder circuit for addressable optical RAM memories

S Simos, T Moschos, K Fotiadis… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we experimentally demonstrate a Si 3 N 4 photonic integrated circuit which
offers row decoding and RAM addressing functionalities. The passive integrated structure …