Optical Computing
An Introduction
Published on 22. April 1992
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-471-52886-9 (ISBN)
Description
A self-contained introduction to the principles of optical computing, an emerging area which realizes very high speed operations. The text emphasizes the characteristics of both all-optical and electro-optical devices and systems and discusses the most promising applications.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
728 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-52886-9 (9780471528869)
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Content
Part 1 Preliminaries: mathematical preliminaries; digital image fundamentals. Part 2 Analog optical computing: linear optical processing; analog optical arithmetic; recognition in optics. Part 3 Digital logic: number systems; logic elements and operations; combinational logic; sequential logic. Part 4 Digital optical computing: devices; shadow-casting and symbolic substitution; optical matrix processing; artificial intelligence computations.