OPTICAL THRESHOLDING AND MAXIMUM OPERATIONS

被引:12
作者
GU, C [1 ]
CAMPBELL, S [1 ]
HONG, J [1 ]
HE, QB [1 ]
ZHANG, DP [1 ]
YEH, PC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 26期
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D O I
10.1364/AO.31.005661
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Self-oscillations in nonlinear optical four-wave mixing and resonators are considered. Some unique properties of these oscillations can be employed for implementing parallel optical thresholding, comparing, and maximum operations. Both theoretical and experimental results that are obtained by utilizing the photorefractive nonlinearity are presented and discussed.
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页码:5661 / 5665
页数:5
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