Optical Logic Gate

The Optical Logic Gate project is the beginnings of a pivotal part in demonstrating a larger system architecture that will revolutionize the way information is used and moved. The optical logic gate will show a novel method to implement Boolean logic and demonstrate its scaling up to complex computing and switching functions using all optical signaling. The ability to use all-optical signalling between logic gates eliminates the need for high-speed electrical conductors which impede the rate at which data can be manipulated. It also demonstrates that the distances between logic gates can become as long as desired, while still maintaining the highest possible speeds. Something simply impossible with vast numbers of metallic interconnects within current microchip logic structures. The end-goal for this project will be the enabling of optical processing on a physically large and distributed system that scales in size and reduces power consumption, thermal effects and costs by spreading the elements further apart and by using simpler microfabrication technologies.

Faculty Supervisor:

Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur;Glenn Cowan

Student:

Partner:

Axonal Networks;CMC Microsystems

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University; McGill University

Program: