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Design of all-optical AND, OR, and XOR logic gates using photonic crystals for switching applications

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We propose a photonic crystal-based all-optical AND, OR, and XOR logic gates using square lattice silicon rods with air background. The design of proposed logic gates works on beam interference principle and operates efficiently by changing phase of light beams at 1550 nm wavelength. The proposed AOX logic gates are implemented with only one structure with variations in the phase of applied input signals. Simulation and verification of design are done by using finite-difference time-domain method. The design offers a contrast ratio of 33.05 dB, 10.50 dB, and 8.29 dB of proposed AND, OR, and XOR logic gates correspondingly with optimized refractive index and silicon rod radius values.

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This work was supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board, India [Grant Number: TAR/2018/000051].

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics & Communication Engineering, DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248009, India

    Dalai Gowri Sankar Rao & Santosh Kumar

  2. Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Godavari Institute of Engineering & Technology, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, 533296, India

    Dalai Gowri Sankar Rao, Sandip Swarnakar, Venkatrao Palacharla & Karyabhattu Seeta Rama Raju

  3. Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, School of Physics Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, Shandong, China

    Santosh Kumar

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Rao, D.G.S., Swarnakar, S., Palacharla, V. et al. Design of all-optical AND, OR, and XOR logic gates using photonic crystals for switching applications. Photon Netw Commun 41, 109–118 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11107-020-00916-6

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