A novel all optical molecular scale full adder

Autor: Yoav Eichen, Husein Salman, Olga Kuznetz, Naser Shakkour, Shammai Speiser
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Chemical Physics Letters. 451:63-67
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.11.066
Popis: We show, that one molecule can communicate its logic output as input to another molecule. This transfer is achieved as an electronic energy transfer from a donor to an acceptor. We discuss a specific pair, the rhodamine 6G-azulene, for which there is considerable data, but the scheme is general enough to allow a wide choice of D and A pairs. We present results pertaining to a newly synthesized bichromophoric molecule based on this pair, in which a for the first time an all optical full adder is implemented, utilizing two-photon nonlinear optical excitation and intramolecular electronic energy transfer between the two moieties.
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