GB0912006D0 - All-optical logic gates using non-linear elements - Google Patents

All-optical logic gates using non-linear elements

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Publication number
GB0912006D0
GB0912006D0 GBGB0912006.4A GB0912006A GB0912006D0 GB 0912006 D0 GB0912006 D0 GB 0912006D0 GB 0912006 A GB0912006 A GB 0912006A GB 0912006 D0 GB0912006 D0 GB 0912006D0
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logic gates
linear elements
optical logic
optical
linear
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GB2458840B (en
GB2458840A (en
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CoveyTech LLC
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CoveyTech LLC
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Priority claimed from US11/354,731 external-priority patent/US7394958B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/354,735 external-priority patent/US7263262B1/en
Priority claimed from US11/354,475 external-priority patent/US20070189703A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/354,468 external-priority patent/US7409131B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/354,601 external-priority patent/US7428359B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/354,734 external-priority patent/US7664355B2/en
Application filed by CoveyTech LLC filed Critical CoveyTech LLC
Priority claimed from GB0815787A external-priority patent/GB2449801B/en
Publication of GB0912006D0 publication Critical patent/GB0912006D0/en
Publication of GB2458840A publication Critical patent/GB2458840A/en
Priority to GB1008179A priority Critical patent/GB2467679B/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2458840B publication Critical patent/GB2458840B/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/12007—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/122—Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
    • G02B6/1225—Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths comprising photonic band-gap structures or photonic lattices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/122—Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
    • G02B6/125—Bends, branchings or intersections
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F3/00—Optical logic elements; Optical bistable devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/3523—Non-linear absorption changing by light, e.g. bleaching
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F2202/00—Materials and properties
    • G02F2202/32—Photonic crystals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F2203/00—Function characteristic
    • G02F2203/15—Function characteristic involving resonance effects, e.g. resonantly enhanced interaction

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
GB0912006A 2006-02-14 2006-12-06 Manufacturing an optical circuit having one or more all-optical logic gates Expired - Fee Related GB2458840B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1008179A GB2467679B (en) 2006-02-14 2010-05-17 All-optical logic gates using non-linear elements

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US11/354,601 US7428359B2 (en) 2006-02-14 2006-02-14 All-optical logic gates using nonlinear elements—claim set IV
US11/354,468 US7409131B2 (en) 2006-02-14 2006-02-14 All-optical logic gates using nonlinear elements—claim set V
US11/354,734 US7664355B2 (en) 2006-02-14 2006-02-14 All-optical gates using nonlinear elements-claim set III
US11/354,731 US7394958B2 (en) 2006-02-14 2006-02-14 All-optical logic gates using nonlinear elements-claim set II
US11/354,735 US7263262B1 (en) 2006-02-14 2006-02-14 All-optical logic gates using nonlinear elements-claim set VI
US11/354,475 US20070189703A1 (en) 2006-02-14 2006-02-14 All-optical logic gates using nonlinear elements-claim set I
GB0815787A GB2449801B (en) 2006-02-14 2006-12-06 All-optical NAND gate using nonlinear elements

Publications (3)

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GB0912006D0 true GB0912006D0 (en) 2009-08-19
GB2458840A GB2458840A (en) 2009-10-07
GB2458840B GB2458840B (en) 2010-07-07

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Effective date: 20181206