All-optical parallel logic operation using fiber laser plate for digital image processing
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 37 (3) , 260-262
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91899
Abstract
A fiber laser plate exhibits sharp transition and high contrast. We describe the first demonstration of all‐optical parallel logic operations such as A/D conversion and the AND and OR operations important for digital optical computers using the device as an optical switch array.Keywords
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