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Demonstration of an ultrafast causal optical logic gate by interference of coherent transients

Wilds David Ross

Published Jan 1, 1999• 0 citations
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An ultra fast, three port logical gate has been demonstrated using two-pulse photon echo in dye-doped polymer films at low temperatures.Since the coherence time T2 is much longer than the intervals between the excitation pulses, many more pulses can be added to the system, resulting in coherent interaction (interference) of N inputs.And finally, because of causality, pulses which come later in time vii

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