Optics is an ultrafast technology that runs one million-fold faster than conventional computer systems.
Traditional computers’ inputs run at a snail’s speed when contrasted to light-generated inputs.
Computers use logic gates to perform calculations. These gates are made up of either one or zero bits.
These are known as boolean functions. In traditional computers, they’re performed electrically.
Researchers have discovered a new method for running light-based logic circuits, which are one million times faster than conventional electronics.
Next-Generation Computing Requirements
To meet next-generation data management needs, like AI dataset analysis and algorithm source code, the logic gates in computers need to operate at much higher speeds.
Much of the development for faster process times is due to the huge amounts of data collected by the Internet of Things.
As sensors become increasingly capable of gathering vast quantities of information, the speed at which computers must be able to evaluate and draw conclusions from that information increases dramatically.
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New Optical Logic Gates
New optical chirality gates have been designed and developed by a group of scientists from Aalto University. They’re running at about a million times slower than previous gates.
Circularly polarized lights use circularly polarized waves instead of electrical signals.
It depends greatly on the handedness of the circularly polarized light, through a crystal that is sensitive to the light of that polarization.
The Handedness Determines Which Logic Gates Are Used.
The direction of a light beam depends on the type of crystal it passes through. It bends either towards the right or the left, depending on whether the crystal is right-handed or left-handed.
Optic chirality is the property of molecules where they either exhibit mirror symmetry (left-handed) or lack it (right-handed).
The main building blocks for optical computing devices are XNORs. From there, all other types of optical computing devices are built by combining multiple XNORs together.
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