Construction of a general purpose digital computer based on optical logic elements

Lawrence C. West

doi:10.1364/CLEO.1983.TUG5

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1983),
paper TUG5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.1983.TUG5

Construction of a general purpose digital computer based on optical logic elements

Lawrence C. West

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1983

Baltimore, Maryland United States
17–20 May 1983
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Optical Signal Processing: 2 (TUG)

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L. C. West, "Construction of a general purpose digital computer based on optical logic elements," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, G. Sincerbox, T. Li, A. Gara, and C. Giuliano, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1983), paper TUG5.

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Abstract

Optical digital logic elements are used to engineer an ultrafast general purpose optical digital computer. Not discussed are the less stringent and often conflicting uses of digital logic for signal processing, image analysis, or optical sampling. A comparison is made with the fastest serial and parallel processors today, the Cray 1 and S-1 MII, respectively.

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