Analysis of Threshold Logic for Applications to Optical Computing

Steven C. Gustafson; David L. Flannery; Robert O. Winder

doi:10.1117/12.949719

4 January 1986 Analysis of Threshold Logic for Applications to Optical Computing

Steven C. Gustafson, David L. Flannery, Robert O. Winder

Proceedings Volume 0564, Real-Time Signal Processing VIII; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949719
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Optical threshold logic implementions of register-level operations such as multiply-accumulate are considered. Specific 2- and 8-bit multiply-add designs using both conventional (Boolean) and threshold logic are described and compared. The threshold logic designs are shown to have advantages of factors of 2 or 3 in number of logic levels, number of logic elements, and number of interconnections. The possibility of all-optical implementations (optical logic elements and optical internal connections) of these designs is discussed in terms of integrated optical networks and nonlinear optical devices, particularly in GaAs structures.

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Steven C. Gustafson, David L. Flannery, and Robert O. Winder "Analysis of Threshold Logic for Applications to Optical Computing", Proc. SPIE 0564, Real-Time Signal Processing VIII, (4 January 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949719

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