Program Manager: Matthew S. Goodman, Ph.D.
The goal of the Zeno-based OptoElectronics
(ZOE) program is to create materials and prototype
devices that will demonstrate a new class of
optoelectronics that operate with ultra-low energy
dissipation (~100 aJ/operation). The vision is
a class of all-optical devices whose function
depends on materials exhibiting strong optically
induced absorption, where the presence of one
wavelength of light (control) induces the absorption
of a second wavelength (signal). Application
of such materials could lead to all-optical devices
such as switches, wavelength converters, pulse
regenerators, add/drop multiplexers, and memory
cells that dissipate extremely small amounts
of energy per operation. |
