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The Boolean algebra is the natural theoretical framework for a classical information treatment. The basic logical operations are usually performed using logic gates. In this Letter we demonstrate that NOT, OR and AND gates can be realized…

Optics · Physics 2016-12-14 Philippe Ben-Abdallah , Svend-Age Biehs

Recent experimental breakthroughs have finally allowed to implement in-vitro reaction kinetics (the so called {\em enzyme based logic}) which code for two-inputs logic gates and mimic the stochastic AND (and NAND) as well as the stochastic…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-02-02 Elena Agliari , Matteo Altavilla , Adriano Barra , Lorenzo Dello Schiavo , Evgeny Katz

Molecules provide the smallest possible circuits in which quantum interference and electron correlation can be engineered to perform logical operations, including the universal NAND gate. We investigate a chemically encoded quantum NAND…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-13 Justin P. Bergfield

Consider a binary classification problem solved using a feed-forward artificial neural network (ANN). Let the ANN be composed of a ReLU layer and several linear layers (convolution, sum-pooling, or fully connected). We assume the network…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Ingo Schmitt

An analytical form has been derived using Ostrogradski's integration method for the interaction between two thin rods of finite lengths in arbitrary relative configurations in a 3-dimensional space, each treated as a line of material points…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-05-08 Junwen Wang , Gary Seidel , Shengfeng Cheng

Quantum logic gates provide fundamental examples of conditional quantum dynamics. They could form the building blocks of general quantum information processing systems which have recently been shown to have many interesting non--classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 A. Barenco , D. Deutsch , A. Ekert , R. Jozsa

Quantum logic gates can perform calculations much more efficiently than their classical counterparts. However, the level of control needed to obtain a reliable quantum operation is correspondingly higher. In order to evaluate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Holger F. Hofmann , Ryo Okamoto , Shigeki Takeuchi

We propose a novel approach to symbolic timing analysis for digital integrated circuits based on recently developed analytic delay formulas for 2-input NOR, NAND, and Muller-C gates by Ferdowsi et al. (NAHS 2025). Given a fixed order of the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Era Thaqi , Dennis Eigner , Arman Ferdowsi , Ulrich Schmid

Landauer's principle places a fundamental lower limit on the work required to perform a logically irreversible operation. Logically reversible gates provide a way to avoid these work costs, and also simplify the task of making the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-11-16 Ian Seet , Thomas E. Ouldridge , Jonathan P. K. Doye

Logic gates are basic digital elements for computers. We build up thermal logic gates that can perform similar operations as their electronic counterparts. The thermal logic gates are based on the nonlinear lattices, which exhibit very…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-12-24 Lei Wang , Baowen Li

To date, endeavors in nanoscale spintronics are dominated by the use of single-electron or single-spin transistors having at their heart a semiconductor, metallic or molecular quantum dot who's localized states are non-spin-degenerate and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-12 Ilia N. Sivkov , Oleg O. Brovko , Ivan Rungger , Valeri S. Stepanyuk

We develop a robust and versatile platform to define nanostructures at oxide interfaces via patterned top gates. Using LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ as a model system, we demonstrate controllable electrostatic confinement of electrons to nanoscale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-10 Srijit Goswami , Emre Mulazimoglu , Lieven M. K. Vandersypen , Andrea D. Caviglia

With the advancement of synthetic biology, several new tools have been conceptualized over the years as alternative treatments for current medical procedures. Most of those applications are applied to various chronic diseases. This work…

Logic gates are an indispensable part of digital circuits, and therefore such devices with fast operating speeds and simple designs are vital for all kinds of electronic applications. This paper proposes simple Y-shaped designs of…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-27 Anmol Aggarwal , Ashi Mittal , Yogita Kalra

We propose a new system for implementing quantum logic gates: neutral atoms trapped in a very far-off-resonance optical lattice. Pairs of atoms are made to occupy the same well by varying the polarization of the trapping lasers, and then a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gavin K. Brennen , Carlton M. Caves , Poul S. Jessen , Ivan H. Deutsch

We investigate algorithmic control of a large swarm of mobile particles (such as robots, sensors, or building material) that move in a 2D workspace using a global input signal (such as gravity or a magnetic field). We show that a maze of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Aaron T. Becker , Erik D. Demaine , Sándor P. Fekete , Jarrett Lonsforda , Rose Morris-Wright

Nanomechanical systems have been proposed as an alternative computing platform for high radiation environments, where semiconductor electronics traditionally fail, as well as to allow improved gate densities and energy consumption. While…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-12-07 T. Jin , C. G. Baker , E. Romero , N. P. Mauranyapin , T. M. F. Hirsch , W. P. Bowen , G. I. Harris

Realization of logic circuits from graphene is very attractive for high-speed nanoelectronics. However, the intrinsic ambipolar nature hinders the formation of graphene logic devices with the conventional complementary architecture. Using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-06-06 Song-Lin Li , Hisao Miyazaki , Michael V. Lee , Chuan Liu , Akinobu Kanda , Kazuhito Tsukagoshi

Memtranstor that correlates charge and magnetic flux via nonlinear magnetoelectric effects has a great potential in developing next-generation nonvolatile devices. In addition to multi-level nonvolatile memory, we demonstrate here that…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-01-04 Jianxin Shen , Dashan Shang , Yisheng Chai , Yue Wang , Junzhuang Cong , Shipeng Shen , Liqin Yan , Wenhong Wang , Young Sun

This paper presents a 2-output Spin-Wave Programmable Logic Gate structure able to simultaneously evaluate any pair of AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR, and XNOR Boolean functions. Our proposal provides the means for fanout achievement within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-14 Abdulqader Mahmoud , Frederic Vanderveken , Christoph Adelmann , Florin Ciubotaru , Sorin Cotofana , Said Hamdioui