Optical RAM and integrated optical memories:a survey

作     者：Theoni Alexoudi George Theodore Kanellos Nikos Pleros Theoni Alexoudi;George Theodore Kanellos;Nikos Pleros

作者机构：Department of InformaticsAristotle University of ThessalonikiThessalonikiGreece Department of Electrical&Electronic EngineeringUniversity of BristolBristolUK 

出 版 物：《Light(Science & Applications)》 (光（科学与应用)（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第9卷第1期

页      面：1117-1132页

核心收录：

学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 070207[理学-光学] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0803[工学-光学工程] 081201[工学-计算机系统结构] 0702[理学-物理学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：funding from the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation(HFRI)and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology(GSRT)through the ORION project under Grant Agreement No.585 

主　　题：RAM transparent scaling 

摘      要：The remarkable achievements in the area of integrated optical memories and optical random access memories(RAMs)together with the rapid adoption of optical interconnects in the Datacom and Computercom industries introduce a new perspective for information storage directly in the optical domain,enabling fast access times,increased bandwidth and transparent cooperation with optical interconnect *** article reviews state-of-the-art integrated optical memory technologies and optical RAM cell demonstrations describing the physical mechanisms of several key devices along with their performance metrics in terms of their energy,speed and *** applications are outlined,concluding with the scaling challenges to be addressed toward allowing light to serve as both a datacarrying and data-storage medium.