A transistor that operates with photons rather than electrons is often heralded as the next step in information processing, but optical technology must first prove itself to be a viable solution in many different respects.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Relevant articles
Open Access articles citing this article.
-
Nonlinear co-generation of graphene plasmons for optoelectronic logic operations
Nature Communications Open Access 06 June 2022
-
Cascadable all-optical NAND gates using diffractive networks
Scientific Reports Open Access 03 May 2022
-
The challenges of modern computing and new opportunities for optics
PhotoniX Open Access 09 September 2021
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$209.00 per year
only $17.42 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Nazarathy, M. et al. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 26, A21–A39 (2009).
Hwang, J. et al. Nature 460, 76–80 (2009).
Miller, D. A. B. in SPIE Critical Reviews of Optical Science and Technology Vol. CR35 (ed. Athale, R. A.) 68–76 (SPIE, 1990).
Lentine, A. L. et al. IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 25, 1928–1936 (1989).
McCormick, F. B. et al. Appl. Opt. 32, 5153–5171 (1993).
Miller, D. Proc. IEEE 97, 1166–1185 (2009).
Gibbs, H. M. Controlling Light with Light (Academic Press, 1985).
Oksanen, J. & Tulkki, J. J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 4918–4924 (2006).
Fushman, I. et al. Science 320, 769–772 (2008).
Mabuchi, H. Phys. Rev. A 80, 045802 (2009).
Dorren, H. J., Calabretta, N. & Raz, O. J. Opt. Netw. 7, 936–946 (2008).
Hinton, K., Raskutti, G., Farrell, P. M. & Tucker, R. S. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electron. 14, 938–945 (2008).
Tucker, R. S. Opt. Switch. Netw. 5, 2–9 (2008).
Miller, D. A. B. Int. J. Optoelectron. 11, 155–168 (1997).
Tang, L. et al. Nature Photon. 2, 226–229 (2008).
Ly-Gagnon, D. S., Kocabas, S. E., Miller, D. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electron. 14, 1473–1478 (2008).
Keyes, R. W. Science 230, 138–144 (1985).
Acknowledgements
The author acknowledge stimulating conversations with Azad Naeemi on gate capacitance and Rod Tucker on telecommunications switching.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Miller, D. Are optical transistors the logical next step?. Nature Photon 4, 3–5 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2009.240
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2009.240
This article is cited by
-
The physics of optical computing
Nature Reviews Physics (2023)
-
Nanophotonic modulator based on Silicon-ITO heterojunction and slot waveguide with 2D-graphene sheet
Journal of Optics (2023)
-
Giant second-harmonic generation in ferroelectric NbOI2
Nature Photonics (2022)
-
Cascadable all-optical NAND gates using diffractive networks
Scientific Reports (2022)
-
Nonlinear co-generation of graphene plasmons for optoelectronic logic operations
Nature Communications (2022)
