A new all-optical flip-flop based on a nonlinear Distributed feedback (DFB) structure is proposed. The device does not require a holding beam. A nonlinear part of the grating is detuned from the remaining part of the grating and has negative nonlinear coefficient. Optical gain is provided by an injected electrical current into an active layer. In the OFF state, due to the detuned section, no la...

The geometric and electronic structure of condensed phase organic conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS blends has been investigated by periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations with a generalized-gradient approximation (GGA) functional, and a plane wave basis set. The influence of the degree of doping of the PEDOT polymer on structural and optical parameters such as the reflectivity, absorb...

In this paper I demonstrate a novel design for an optoelectronic State Machine which replaces input/output forming logic found in conventional state machines with BDD based optical logic while still using solid state memory in the form of flip-flops in order to store states. This type of logic makes use of waveguides and ring resonators to create binary switches. These switches in turn can be u...

We describe the chip design and system implementation of an optoelectronic parallel pipeline processing system composed of cascaded stages of smart pixel array cellular logic (SPARCL) processors interconnected with free-space digital optic channels. The SPARCL processing elements are arranged in a two-dimensional array, and each contains an independent optical input/output port and electrical n...

This paper reports on a study of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) Moiré method. Tests were carried out by rotating the specimen grating slightly with respect to the electron scanning raster lines, to verify that the Moiré images captured were really due to the interference between specimen and reference gratings. The experimental results coincided well with the calculated theoretical valu...