A silicon-nanowire memory driven by optical gradient force induced bistability

B. Dong; H. Cai; L. K. Chin; J. G. Huang; Z. C. Yang; Y. D. Gu; G. I. Ng; W. Ser; D. L. Kwong; A. Q. Liu

doi:10.1063/1.4939114

A silicon-nanowire memory driven by optical gradient force induced bistability

B. Dong, H. Cai, L. K. Chin, J. G. Huang, Z. C. Yang, Y. D. Gu, G. I. Ng, W. Ser, D. L. Kwong, A. Q. Liu

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In this paper, a bistable optical-driven silicon-nanowire memory is demonstrated, which employs ring resonator to generate optical gradient force over a doubly clamped silicon-nanowire. Two stable deformation positions of a doubly clamped silicon-nanowire represent two memory states ("0" and "1") and can be set/reset by modulating the light intensity (<3mW) based on the optical force induced bistability. The time response of the optical-driven memory is less than 250ns. It has applications in the fields of all optical communication, quantum computing, and optomechanical circuits.

Original language	English
Article number	261111
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	107
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939114
Publication status	Published - 28 Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes

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