Optical Memory Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 166
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical memories; optical RAM; photonic integrated circuits
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Interests: optical RAM; optical interconnects; photonic integrated circuits
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, the rapid evolution of AI is shaping new demands in bandwidth, speed, and energy efficiency and is radically reshaping the landscape of traditional computing. As the industry shifts towards optical interconnects and multi-terabit optical links for advancing speed and bandwidth computing capabilities, optical memory technologies are attracting growing interest for achieving high-speed, energy-efficient, and low-latency data processing. This Special Issue seeks to highlight research and developments in the area of optical memories covering topics from novel optical latching mechanisms and elementary memory cells to functional multi-bit and large-scale photonic integrated memory implementations involving novel memory devices, promising nanophotonic materials and high-performance optical memory-based computing architectures. This is an open call for papers, and we invite original contributions as well as review papers exploring breakthroughs in the following domains:
- Programmable photonic latching mechanisms and novel optical logic gates for high-speed and low-power optical storage
- Photonic integrated memories and optically-interconnected memories
- High-Speed Optical Random Access Memory architectures
- Novel nanophotonic Phase-Change Materials (PCMs) and 2-D materials for low-power optical memories
- Optical memory-based schemes and systems for hybrid computing architectures and neuromorphic computing
By integrating these diverse technologies, this Special Issue aims to outline a roadmap for next-generation AI infrastructure beyond the current electronic bottlenecks.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Theoni Alexoudi
Prof. Dr. Nikos Pleros
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photonic integrated memories
- photonic latching
- optical memories
- optical memories
- optical RAM
- nanophotonic memories
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