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In this paper, we review the different memristive threshold logic (MTL) circuits that are inspired from the synaptic action of flow of neurotransmitters in the biological brain. Brain like generalisation ability and area minimisation of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-04-26 Akshay Kumar Maan , Deepthi Anirudhan Jayadevi , Alex Pappachen James

This paper presents the development of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) integrated into a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) with a design center wavelength of 830 nm and a width of 200 nm. This SNSPD is made of a…

A memristor, a two-terminal nanodevice, has garnered substantial attention in recent years due to its distinctive properties and versatile applications. These nanoscale components, characterized by their simplicity of manufacture,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-20 Nikolaos Vasileiadis , Georgios Ch Sirakoulis , Panagiotis Dimitrakis

The memristance of a memristor depends on the amount of charge flowing through it and when current stops flowing through it, it remembers the state. Thus, memristors are extremely suited for implementation of memory units. Memristors find…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Udit Kumar Agarwal , Shikhar Makhija , Varun Tripathi , Kunwar Singh

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are capable of single-photon detection across a large spectral range, with near unity detection efficiency, picosecond timing jitter, and sub-10 $\mu$m position resolution at rates as high as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-18 T. Polakovic , W. R. Armstrong , V. Yefremenko , J. E. Pearson , K. Hafidi , G. Karapetrov , Z. -E. Meziani , V. Novosad

Quantum sensing and computation can be realized with superconducting microwave circuits. Qubits are engineered quantum systems of capacitors and inductors with non-linear Josephson junctions. They operate in the single-excitation quantum…

Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates for logic-in-memory applications, intrinsically merging high density non-volatile data storage with computing capabilities, owing to their nanoscale size, fast motion, and mutual repulsions.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Naveen Sisodia , Johan Pelloux-Prayer , Liliana D. Buda-Prejbeanu , Lorena Anghel , Gilles Gaudin , Olivier Boulle

All-optical integrated circuits for computing and information processing have been pursued for decades as a potential strategy to overcome the speed limitations intrinsic to electronics. However feasible on-chip integrated logic units and…

Optics · Physics 2012-10-24 Chen Wang , Zhi-Yuan Li

The progress in the semiconductor industry has resulted in great demand for high-frequency magnetic materials applicable in microfabricated inductor cores. Nanocomposite materials, containing magnetic nanoparticles in a non-conducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-28 Mathias Zambach , Ziwei Ouyang , Matti Knaapila , Marco Beleggia , Cathrine Frandsen

We put forward a new proposal of designing charge-based logic devices considering a cyclic molecule that can be programmed and re-programmed for different functional logical operations and suitably engineered for data storage as well. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-19 Moumita Patra , Santanu K. Maiti

We report the design and test of Reciprocal Quantum Logic shift-register yield vehicles consisting of up to 72,800 Josephson junction devices per die, the largest digital superconducting circuits ever reported. Multiple physical layout…

Nanoscale electromechanical coupling provides a unique route towards control of mechanical motions and microwave fields in superconducting cavity electromechanical devices. Though their successes in utilizing the optomechanical or…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-26 Jinwoong Cha , Hak-Seong Kim , Jihwan Kim , Seung-Bo Shim , Junho Suh

We propose a domino logic architecture for memristor-based neuromorphic computing. The design uses the delay of memristor RC circuits to represent synaptic computations and a simple binary neuron activation function. Synchronization schemes…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-06-14 Cory Merkel , Animesh Nikam

Recent advances in logic schemes and fabrication processes have renewed interest in using superconductor electronics for energy-efficient computing and quantum control processors. However, scalable superconducting memory still poses a…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Jennifer Volk , Alex Wynn , Timothy Sherwood , Georgios Tzimpragos

Neuromorphic computing devices attempt to emulate features of biological nervous systems through mimicking the properties of synapses, towards implementing the emergent properties of their counterparts, such as learning. Inspired by recent…

We have fabricated disordered superconducting nanowires of molybdenium silicide. A molybdenium nanowire is first deposited on top of silicon, and the alloy is formed by rapid thermal annealing. The method allows tuning of the crystal growth…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-12-06 J. S. Lehtinen , A. Kemppinen , E. Mykkänen , M. Prunnila , A. J. Manninen

The nucleation and structure of silicon nanocrystals formed by different preparation conditions and silicon concentration (28 - 70 area %) have been studied using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Energy Filtered TEM (EFTEM) and…

A new concept for nonvolatile superconducting memories is proposed. The devices combine ferromagnetic dots for the storage of the data and Josephson junctions for their readout. Good scalability is expected for large scale integration.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Held , J. Xu , A. Schmehl , C. W. Schneider , J. Mannhart , M. R. Beasley

As we rapidly advance through the information age, the power consumed by computers, data centers, and networks grows exponentially. This has inspired a race to develop alternative low-power computational technologies. A new adiabatic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-05-24 Han Cai , Jay C. LeFebvre , Hao Li , Ethan Y. Cho , Nobuyuki Yoshikawa , Shane A. Cybart

Superconducting on-chip filter-banks provide a scalable, space saving solution to create imaging spectrometers at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths. We present an easy to realise, lithographed superconducting filter design with a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-15 Gethin Robson , Adam J. Anderson , Peter S. Barry , Simon Doyle , Kirit S. Karkare