Optical Computing Hardware

Optical Computing

1st Edition - October 8, 1993
Imprint: Academic Press
Authors: Jürgen Jahns, Sing H. Lee
Editor: Sing H. Lee
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 5 0 1 - 4
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 8 4 4 - 1

Optical Computing Hardware provides information pertinent to the advances in the development of optical computing hardware. This book discusses the two application areas, namely,… Read more

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Optical Computing Hardware provides information pertinent to the advances in the development of optical computing hardware. This book discusses the two application areas, namely, high-performance computing and high-throughput photonic switching. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the requirements on hardware from s system perspective. This text then presents the self-electro-optic-effect devices (SPEED), the vertical-cavity-surface- emitting microlasers (VCSEL), and the vertical-to-surface transmission electrophotonic device (VSTEP). Other chapters consider the fundamental principles of the devices and their operation either as logic devices or for optical interconnection applications. This book discusses as well the planar optical microlens as an example of a refractive microlens of the gradient-index type and explains the diffractive optical elements. The final chapter describes a method for writing and reading optically in parallel from a three-dimensional matrix by means of two-photon interaction in photochromic organic materials. This book is a valuable resource for engineers, scientists, and researchers.

ContributorsPrefaceChapter I: Architectural Considerations for Optical Computing and Photonic Switching 1. High-Performance Processing Systems of the Future 2. A Model for System-Level Packaging 3. Fundamentals of Free-Space Digital Optics 4. A System Example 5. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 2: Self-Electro-Optic Effect Devices for Optical Information Processing 1. Introduction to Electroabsorption and SEEDs 2. Surface Normal Quantum Well Modulators 3. Self-Electro-Optic Effect Devices 4. Smart Pixels 5. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 3: Vertical-to-Surface Transmission Electrophotonic Devices 1. Introduction 2. VSTEP Concept and Motivations 3. LED-Mode p-n-p-n VSTEP 4. Laser-Mode Vertical Cavity VSTEP 5. Ultimate Performance Possibility 6. VSTEP Applications 7. Developing Applications Technologies 8. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 4: Microlaser Devices for Optical Computing 1. Introduction 2. Optical Interconnects 3. Optical Logic Devices 4. Ultrasmail Microlasers 5. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 5: Physics of Planar Microlenses 1. Introduction 2. Planar Microlenses 3. Characterization of Planar Microlenses 4. Planar Microlenses with Swelled Structures 5. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 6: Diffractive Optical Elements for Optical Computers 1. Introduction 2. Fabrication of Diffractive Optical Elements 3. Theory of Diffractive Optical Elements 4. Applications of Diffractive Micro-Optics 5. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 7: Diffractive Microlenses Fabricated by Electron-Beam Lithography 1. Introduction 2. Basic Theory of Diffractive Microlenses 3. Fabrication by Electron-Beam Lithography 4. Optical Measurements 5. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 8: Parallel Optical Interconnections 1. Optical Considerations in Free-Space Parallel Interconnects 2. Interconnects 3. Architectural Considerations 4. Designing with Imperfect Arrays ReferencesChapter 9: Multiple Beamsplitters 1. Introduction 2. Applications 3. Panopticon 4. Performance Parameters 5. Image Plane Beamsplitters 6. Fresnel Plan Beamsplitters 7. Fourier Plane Beamsplitters 8. Beam Shaping 9. Noise 10. Chromatic Errors 11. Irregular Geometries 12. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 10: Photorefractive Optical Interconnects 1. Introduction 2. Classification of Optical Interconnections 3. Photorefractive Effect 4. Interconnections Based on Passive Holographic Storage in Photorefractive Media 5. Interconnections Based on Photorefractive Energy Coupling 6. Interconnections Based on Photorefractive Phase Conjugation 7. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 11 : Three-Dimensional Optical Storage Memory by Means of Two-Photon Interaction 1. Introduction 2. Persistent Hole Burning 3. Two-Photon Processes 4. Writing and Reading of Information in 3-D Space 5. 3-D Memory Materials 6. Sample Preparation and Spectra 7. Stability of Written Form 8. Stabilization of the Written Form 9. Fatigue 10. Dependence of Stability on Polymer Host 11. Conclusion ReferencesIndex

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