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Physica Scripta

Bistable Semiconductor Elements for Optical Data Processing and Photonic Logic

Brian S. Wherrett, Stanley Desmond Smith

Published Jan 1, 1986• 13 citations
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Abstract

Work on low power continuous-wave all-optical bistability is reviewed, concentrating on the design and operation of nonlinear interference filters. The proposed use of bistable and logic optical plates in pipelined and interative architectures is described. Experimental results on a prototype computational loop circuit are presented.
DOI
10.1088/0031-8949/1986/t13/032

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