Optical Nanotechnology
Logic operations for high-speed communication and data processing are currently computed via electronic transistors. However, to remain on the curve of Moore’s law, there is a need for optical processing at incredible speeds with low power consumption. Advancements in nanotechnology have spurred the key developments of all-optical switching in emerging photonic networks.
Our work introduces a radical change to the all-optical switching architecture—realized through the integration of two nanotechnologies. Photonic nanojets and semiconductor nanoparticles are integrated within a new all-optical switching architecture to establish unsurpassed performance levels—namely, ultrafast (femtosecond) switching times and low (femtojoule) switching energies. The IOL is developing this state-of-the-art nanotechnology for various applications, including optical fibre front-end processing.
