OPALS: optical parallel array logic system

Optical Parallel Digital Computers – Pure Optical Parallel Array Logic System – Yoshiki

Modular components for an optical array logic system.

On the basis of modularization of an optical parallel array logic system (OPALS), a new concept of an optical digital computer is considered. The OPALS is a parallel digital optical computing system using optical array logic capable of executing parallel neighborhood logical operations, or cellular logic. Modularizing functional elements in the OPALS, stability, reliability, and flexibility of ...

Iterative processing on a hybrid optical parallel array logic system with a selectable coherent correlator.

A new version of an experimental system of an optoelectronic hybrid optical parallel array logic system is constructed. The experimental system is composed of a two-dimensional correlator with selectable holographic filters and parallel electronic circuits. The system can process images consisting of 3 × 3 pixels at a time. Several types of processing are achieved both without and with dynamic ...

Parallel recording with optical waveguide array

We present an analysis of the reading capability of a novel optical pickup consisting of a single-mode and a multi-mode rectangular waveguide. According to the simulations, if one has prior information about the structure of the disk, superresolution readout could be achieved. The proposed system has the advantage to be compact and should be straightforward to be extended to arrays. The working...

Two-Dimensional Parallel Pipeline Smart Pixel Array Cellular Logic (SPARCL) Processors— Chip Design and System Implementation

We describe the chip design and system implementation of an optoelectronic parallel pipeline processing system composed of cascaded stages of smart pixel array cellular logic (SPARCL) processors interconnected with free-space digital optic channels. The SPARCL processing elements are arranged in a two-dimensional array, and each contains an independent optical input/output port and electrical n...