Spatial encoding for optical floating point computation
- 15 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 23 (2) , 239-241
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.23.000239
Abstract
Following the lead of electronic computers, optical computers must adopt floating point calculation to allow for both high accuracy and high dynamic range. Given here is a method for using spatial encoding for that purpose.Keywords
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