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1Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan. Kagawa@mls.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Applied Optics
|March 8, 2008
Summary
This paper introduces the Discrete Correlation Processor (DCP-1), a novel optoelectronic device for digital optical computing. The DCP-1 achieves high performance, enabling flexible and capable information processing for optical interconnections and computing tasks.
Area of Science:
- Optoelectronics
- Digital Optical Computing
- Information Processing
Background:
- Digital optical computing offers significant potential for advanced information processing.
- Optoelectronic devices are key components for building digital optical computing systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a general-purpose Discrete Correlation Processor (DCP-1) as a core building block for digital optical computing.
- To explore the application of DCP-1 in optical interconnection and various digital optical computing tasks.
Main Methods:
- The DCP-1 is embodied by optoelectronic devices, including Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and complementary metal-oxide silicon photodetectors.
- Incorporation of an optical array logic processing scheme enhances the DCP-1's capabilities.
Main Results:
- Experimental results with the DCP-1 demonstrated a bit error rate below 10^-9 for the A . B? operation.
- The processor operated effectively under a 500-kHz clock rate.
Conclusions:
- The DCP-1 serves as a versatile component for digital optical computing systems.
- The integration of optoelectronics and optical array logic advances the capability and flexibility of information processing.
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