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M A Karim, A A Awwal, A K Cherri

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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Digital Logic Design
    • Computer Engineering

    Background:

    • Optical computing offers potential advantages in speed and parallelism.
    • Polarization-encoded optical shadow-casting (POSC) is a technique for implementing optical logic gates.
    • Existing design methods for POSC may lack generality for multioutput systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a general design algorithm for multioutput polarization-encoded optical shadow-casting.
    • To demonstrate the algorithm's feasibility for complex logic units.

    Main Methods:

    • Deriving a set of POSC equations from the truth table of a target logic unit.
    • Solving these equations considering four pixel characteristics (transparent, opaque, vertically polarized, horizontally polarized).
    • Solving these equations considering four source characteristics (off, unpolarized, vertically polarized, horizontally polarized).

    Main Results:

    • A general design algorithm for multioutput POSC schemes has been developed.
    • The algorithm was successfully applied to determine input pixel characteristics for a full adder.
    • The algorithm was also applied to determine input pixel characteristics for a full subtracter.

    Conclusions:

    • The presented algorithm provides a systematic approach for designing multioutput POSC optical logic units.
    • The successful design of full adders and subtracters validates the algorithm's effectiveness and feasibility.
    • This work contributes to the advancement of optical computing architectures.