{"id":195980,"date":"2024-09-10T11:23:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/breakthrough-in-non-volatile-photonic-electronic-memory-with-thin-film-ferroelectrics"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:23:48","slug":"breakthrough-in-non-volatile-photonic-electronic-memory-with-thin-film-ferroelectrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/breakthrough-in-non-volatile-photonic-electronic-memory-with-thin-film-ferroelectrics","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough in non-volatile photonic-electronic memory with thin-film ferroelectrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/breakthrough-in-non-volatile-photonic-electronic-memory-with-thin-film-ferroelectrics2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An international research team, led by Professor Gong Xiao from the National University of Singapore, has achieved a groundbreaking advancement in photonic-electronic integration. Their work, published in Light: Science &amp; Applications (\u201cThin film ferroelectric photonic-electronic memory\u201d), features Postdoc Zhang Gong and PhD student Chen Yue as co-first authors. They developed a non-volatile photonic-electronic memory chip utilizing a micro-ring resonator integrated with thin-film ferroelectric material.<\/p>\n<p>This innovation successfully addresses the challenge of dual-mode operation in non-volatile memory, offering compatibility with silicon-based semiconductor processes for large-scale integration. The chip operates with low voltage, boasts a large memory window, high endurance, and multi-level storage capabilities. This breakthrough is poised to accelerate the development of next-generation photonic-electronic systems, with significant applications in optical interconnects, high-speed data communication, and neuromorphic computing.<\/p>\n<p>As big data and AI grow, traditional computers struggle with large-scale tasks. Photonic computing offers potential, but interfacing with electronic chips is challenging. Current storage can\u2019t handle dual-mode operations, and OEO conversion adds losses and delays. A non-volatile memory for efficient data exchange between photonic and electronic chips is essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international research team, led by Professor Gong Xiao from the National University of Singapore, has achieved a groundbreaking advancement in photonic-electronic integration. Their work, published in Light: Science &amp; Applications (\u201cThin film ferroelectric photonic-electronic memory\u201d), features Postdoc Zhang Gong and PhD student Chen Yue as co-first authors. They developed a non-volatile photonic-electronic memory chip [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-science","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}