Optical Computing

✍ Scribed by Tooley, F A P(Editor)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 332
• Series: Sussp 34
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by ten leading experts in the field, Optical Computing cover topics such as optical bistability, optical interconnects and circuits, photorefractive devices, spatial light modulators, associative memory, and optical computer architectures.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Sussp Proceedings......Page 6
Director's Preface......Page 7
List of Participants......Page 9
Photograph......Page 11
Table of Contents......Page 14
Chapter 1: Introduction......Page 16
Chapter 2: A Short History of the Field of Optical Computing......Page 22
Chapter 3: Optical Computing with Spatial Light Modulators......Page 38
Chapter 4: Optical Switching Devices: Some Basic Concepts......Page 70
Chapter 5: Quantum Well Electroabsorptive Devices......Page 86
Chapter 6: Optical Circuits......Page 110
Chapter 7: Photorefractive Devices & Applications......Page 148
Chapter 8: Digital Optics......Page 184
Chapter 9: Optical Interconnections......Page 198
Chapter 10: Optical Switching Networks for Communications Systems......Page 204
Chapter 11: Present Computer Architectures & the Potential of Optics......Page 222
Chapter 12: Optical Logic & Arithmetic......Page 236
Chapter 13: Programmable Digital Optical Computers......Page 254
Chapter 14: Perception Learning in Optical Neural Computers......Page 266
Chapter 15: Current Technology Trends......Page 280
Chapter 16: Parallel Computing......Page 296