The invention discloses a
silicon-based reconfigurable
optical logic gate
structure based on a uniformly distributed
phase change material, which is characterized in that a 6 [mu] m * 6 [mu] m
waveguide region is designed on a
silicon-based substrate, and the
silicon-based reconfigurable
optical logic gate structure comprises two bent input waveguides, a bias input
waveguide and two output ports. The middle design area is etched into a 7 * 7
nanopore array, the pores are filled with
phase change materials, and the materials can be switched between a crystalline state and an amorphous state so as to change the
refractive index. The
phase state of the
phase change material is changed through an external
electric heating control, so that the device is equivalent to different
logic gate structures in different
refractive index states, and the functions of an
AND gate, an OR gate, an XOR gate and an
XNOR gate can be reconfigured on the same
chip. According to the invention, a
binary particle swarm optimization algorithm is also adopted to optimize hole array arrangement so as to maximize the logic function output contrast. The device is excellent in output
contrast ratio under the
wavelength of 1550 nm, and expected logic function switching can be achieved. The reconfigurable
optical logic gate is compact in structure, non-volatile and flexible in function, and a potential scheme is provided for integrated optical calculation.