French Bourgeois Culture |
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| Author:
| Le Wita, Beatrix |
| Translator:
| Underwood, J. A. |
| Series title: | Royal Society Discussion Volumes Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-33099-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1986 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume surveys the enormous potential of the phenomenon of optical bistability in the development of a new and large range of all-optical devices. Predictions have been made of all-optimal signal processing in association with optical communications; multiplexing and demultiplexing using bistable optical switches; parallel optical processing of either coherent or incoherent optical images without intermediary electronics by using two-dimensional bistable arrays, and all-optical...
More DescriptionThis volume surveys the enormous potential of the phenomenon of optical bistability in the development of a new and large range of all-optical devices. Predictions have been made of all-optimal signal processing in association with optical communications; multiplexing and demultiplexing using bistable optical switches; parallel optical processing of either coherent or incoherent optical images without intermediary electronics by using two-dimensional bistable arrays, and all-optical computer circuitry - photonic logic - operating at speeds perhaps one thousand times that of machines based on electronic switches.