OPTICAL DIGITAL PROCESSOR USING ARRAYS OF SYMMETRICAL SELF-ELECTROOPTIC EFFECT DEVICES

被引:32
作者
PRISE, ME
CRAFT, NC
DOWNS, MM
LAMARCHE, RE
DASARO, LA
CHIROVSKY, LMF
MURDOCCA, MJ
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
[2] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1991年 / 30卷 / 17期
关键词
OPTICAL COMPUTING; PHOTONICS; PHOTONIC SWITCHING;
D O I
10.1364/AO.30.002287
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Four arrays of thirty-two GaAs symmetric self-electrooptic effect devices were optically interconnected to form a looped-pipeline optical digital processor. Several circuits were demonstrated, including two shift registers and a decoder circuit. Clock frequencies of up to 1 MHz were attained. Possible extensions to and limitations of this system are described.
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页码:2287 / 2296
页数:10
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