Bimodal optical computers

H. John Caulfield; John H. Gruninger; Jacques E. Ludman; K. Steiglitz; H. Rabitz; J. Gelfand; E. Tsoni

doi:10.1364/AO.25.003128

Bimodal optical computers

H. John Caulfield, John H. Gruninger, Jacques E. Ludman, K. Steiglitz, H. Rabitz, J. Gelfand, E. Tsoni

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Abstract

Analog optical solutions of numerical problems tend to be fast, simple, and inaccurate. Digital optical or electronic solutions to the same problems tend to be slower, harder, and more accurate. In circumstances outlined here, hybrid analog-digital systems can be built which give the accuracy of digital solutions with intermediate degrees of speed and simplicity. Because at any instant these processors are working in either the analog or the digital mode, we call them bimodal optical computers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3128-3131
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	25
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.25.003128
State	Published - Sep 1986

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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