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After several decades pushing the technology and the development of the world, the electronics is giving space for technologies that use light. We propose and analyze an optical memory embedded in a nonlinear photonic crystal (PhC), whose system of writing and reading data is controlled by an external command signal. This optical memory is based on optical directional couplers connected to a shared optical ring. Such a device can work over the C-Band of ITU (International Telecommunication Union).

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  1. Federal University of Ceará, Fortalera, Brazil

    A. Wirth Lima Jr. & A. S. B. Sombra

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Lima, A.W., Sombra, A.S.B. Photonic crystal optical memory. Appl. Phys. A 103, 521–524 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-6181-3

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