Optical computing element

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1992-07-20

1994-08-16

Ben, Loha

Optical: systems and elements

Absorption filter

Filters in optical parallel

359885, 365106, 365119, 369108, 369121, G02B 522, G11C 1300, G11B 700

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ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an optical computing element for use in an optical computer utilizing computing light rays having a plurality of wavelength components. The optical computing element comprises a photo-chemical hole burning element which functions as a wavelength selecting filter of the computing light rays. Therefore, the optical computer using the photo-chemical hole burning element of the invention can perform arithmetic operations by taking advantage of differences in optical wavelength. The computer can efficiently perform bulky arithmetic processing, and can also speedily perform arithmetic operations through simultaneous parallel processing for information.

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