Enhanced architectures for room-temperature reversible logic gates in graphene

Abstract

We show that reversible two- and three-input logic gates, such as the universal Toffoli gate, can be implemented with three tilted gate electrodes patterned on a monolayer graphene flake. These reversible gates are based on the unique properties of ballistic charge carriers in graphene, which induce bandgaps in transmission for properly chosen potential barriers. The enhanced architectures for reversible logic gate implementation proposed in this paper offer a remarkable design simplification compared to standard approaches based on field-effect transistor circuits, as well as potential high-frequency operation.