Applications of all-optical switching and logic
- 18 December 1984
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 313 (1525) , 349-355
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1984.0117
Abstract
In this paper I review the present status of all-optical switching and logic elements. I then discuss their future potential, taking account of limitations imposed by materials, considerations of system architecture, and fundamental physical mechanisms. I conclude by describing two areas in which all-optical signal-processing systems are likely to have a major impact.Keywords
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