A model for pixellation of nonlinear interference filters
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 64 (1) , 21-25
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.341467
Abstract
We present a theoretical model for the effect of material pixellation on the operating characteristics of optical logic elements using nonlinear interference filters. From our calculations we predict pixel packing densities of 250×250 per cm2 (an increase of three orders of magnitude over optical pixellation) and power levels of 100 μW. We define a figure of merit which describes the effects of pixellation of thermo-optic logic elements. We also show numerically the effect on cooling rate.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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