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- Kang Il Cho
- Dong-Oan Seo
Recent progress in silicon photonics has dramatically advanced the
possible realization of heterogeneous logic circuits. A variety of
Boolean optoelectronic circuits have been proposed5. In this context,
experimental investigation of logic operations with both optical and
electrical inputs in chip-integrable devices is highly desirable.
Here, we present a new kind of photodiode-based logic device using
scalable heterojunctions of carbon nanotubes and silicon, the output
currents of which can be manipulated completely by both optical and
electrical inputs. This provides a novel platform for heterogeneous
optoelectronic logic elements with voltage-switchable photocurrent
responsivity of > 1 AW-1, photovoltage responsivity
of >1×105 VW-1, electrical on/off ratios
of >1×105 and optical on/off ratios of >1×104.
To demonstrate their scalability, we fabricated a large array of
photoactive elements on a centimetre-scalewafer. We also present
bidirectional phototransistors and novel clock-triggerable logic
elements such as a mixed optoelectronic AND gate, a 2-bit
optoelectronic ADDER/OR gate and a 4-bit optoelectronic
digital-to-analog converter.