Construction and tolerancing of an optical-CLIP

Brian S. Wherrett; Robert G. A. Craig; John Fraser Snowdon; Gerald Stuart Buller; Frank A. P. Tooley; Steve Bowman; G. S. Pawley; Ian R. Redmond; Douglas J. McKnight; Mohammad R. Taghizadeh; Andrew C. Walker; Stanley D. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.18073

1 July 1990 Construction and tolerancing of an optical-CLIP

Brian S. Wherrett, Robert G. A. Craig, John Fraser Snowdon, Gerald Stuart Buller, Frank A. P. Tooley, Steve Bowman, G. S. Pawley, Ian R. Redmond, Douglas J. McKnight, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, Andrew C. Walker, Stanley D. Smith

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Proceedings Volume 1215, Digital Optical Computing II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18073
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

An all-optical processing loop circuit, pumped entirely by semiconductor diode lasers, has been constructed and operated. Functional features include optically programmable logic, thresholding, and synchronization; these are achieved using three bistable interference filter devices. The circuit is presently single-channel, however 15 x 15 capability of the devices has been demonstrated using Dammann holograms and array-to-array coupling of a pair of bistable plates; potential parallelism is in excess of lO. Circuit simulations and tolerancing are also described.

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Brian S. Wherrett, Robert G. A. Craig, John Fraser Snowdon, Gerald Stuart Buller, Frank A. P. Tooley, Steve Bowman, G. S. Pawley, Ian R. Redmond, Douglas J. McKnight, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, Andrew C. Walker, and Stanley D. Smith "Construction and tolerancing of an optical-CLIP", Proc. SPIE 1215, Digital Optical Computing II, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18073

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