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Parallel and Multivalued Logic by the Two-Dimensional Photon-Echo Response of a Rhodamine−DNA Complex.

ABSTRACT: Implementing parallel and multivalued logic operations at the molecular scale has the potential to improve the miniaturization and efficiency of a new generation of nanoscale computing devices. Two-dimensional photon-echo spectroscopy is capable of resolving dynamical pathways on electronic and vibrational molecular states. We experimentally demonstrate the implementation of molecular decision trees, logic operations where all possible values of inputs are processed in parallel and the outputs are read simultaneously, by probing the laser-induced dynamics of populations and coherences in a rhodamine dye mounted on a short DNA duplex. The inputs are provided by the bilinear interactions between the molecule and the laser pulses, and the output values are read from the two-dimensional molecular response at specific frequencies. Our results highlights how ultrafast dynamics between multiple molecular states induced by light−matter interactions can be used as an advantage for performing complex logic operations in parallel, operations that are faster than electrical switching.

SUBMITTER: Fresch B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4427973 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Parallel and Multivalued Logic by the Two-Dimensional Photon-Echo Response of a Rhodamine−DNA Complex.

Fresch Barbara B Cipolloni Marco M Ya Tian-Min TM Collini Elisabetta E Levine R D RD Remacle F F

The journal of physical chemistry letters 20150501 9

Implementing parallel and multivalued logic operations at the molecular scale has the potential to improve the miniaturization and efficiency of a new generation of nanoscale computing devices. Two-dimensional photon-echo spectroscopy is capable of resolving dynamical pathways on electronic and vibrational molecular states. We experimentally demonstrate the implementation of molecular decision trees, logic operations where all possible values of inputs are processed in parallel and the outputs a ...[more]

PMID: 25984269

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Parallel and Multivalued Logic by the Two-Dimensional Photon-Echo Response of a Rhodamine−DNA Complex.

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