Some of the current uses of optics in digital computing such as storage and networking, and
the projected uses of optical interconnects are described. Several architectures that are …

The authors discuss digital optics, a technology for processing, transport, and storage of
optical digital information. Digital optics offers both the high temporal bandwidth of fiber …

High data rate optical computing is a major emerging technology, driven by an ever-
increasing need for the processing of information. The current volume of technical literature …

Storage, interconnection, and processing are discussed. Various types of optical disks and
page-oriented holographic memories are considered. It is shown that optical storage is …

The design of an optical computer must be based on the characteristics of optics and optical
technology, and not on those of electronic technology. The property of optical superposition …

A design for an optical general purpose digital computer is presented. The basic approach
involves decomposing the structure of a classical finite state machine into a logic unit, an …

Tomorrow's systems will need high-bandwidth and dense communication paths at various
levels. Commercial high-performance computers are now beginning to use optical …

This paper concerns binary digital computing systems in which the information-carrying
medium consists entirely or primarily of photons. The paper begins with a review of analog …

The authors examine the basic characteristics of three different types of optical network in
the context of important communications bottlenecks that may arise as the processing power …

This volume surveys the entire field of optical computing. The emphasis is on breadth of
coverage. The book is descriptive, the authors minimize the use of mathematics, and it is …