Optical interconnection of optical modules

Marius P. Schamschula; H. John Caulfield; Joseph Shamir

doi:10.1117/12.23438

27 December 1990 Optical interconnection of optical modules

Marius P. Schamschula, H. John Caulfield, Joseph Shamir

Proceedings Volume 1347, Optical Information Processing Systems and Architectures II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23438
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The most plausible possible uses of nonlinear optics as the bases for interconnections among complex optical modules are evaluated, with a view to such applications as neural networks that entail large numbers of interconnections and numerous stages. Optical interconnection allows such a system to be composed of many modules as well as to incorporate switching- and amplification-function optical nonlinearities. While it is possible to achieve a pixel-by-pixel, diffraction-limited flat-field relay with nonlinearity, where the interconnect allows for cascadability, the wave-particle duality is destroyed between stages.

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Marius P. Schamschula, H. John Caulfield, and Joseph Shamir "Optical interconnection of optical modules", Proc. SPIE 1347, Optical Information Processing Systems and Architectures II, (27 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23438

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