Considerations Involved in the Design of an Optical Digital Computer

Alan Huang

doi:10.1364/OBI.1983.FA1

Topical Meeting on Optical Bistability
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1983),
paper FA1
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Considerations Involved in the Design of an Optical Digital Computer

Alan Huang

Optical Bistability 1983

Rochester, New York United States
15–17 June 1983
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Abstract

The prime concern in the design of an optical digital computer is "Why?". Optical bistability is faced with the same question. If optical bistability is to compete with other switching technologies solely in terms of speed and power then its development will be haunted by the constant advances in silicon technology.

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