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Lower bounds on the computational efficiency of optical computing systems.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Barakat, R; Reif, J
Published in: Applied optics
March 1987

A general model for determining the computational efficiency of optical computing systems, termed the VLSIO model, is described. It is a 3-D generalization of the wire model of a 2-D VLSI with optical beams (via Gabor's theorem) replacing the wires as communication channels. Lower bounds (in terms of simultaneous volume and time) on the computational resources of the VLSIO are obtained for computing various problems such as matrix multiplication.

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Published In

Applied optics

DOI

EISSN

1539-4522

ISSN

1559-128X

Publication Date

March 1987

Volume

26

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1015 / 1018

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4008 Electrical engineering
  • 0913 Mechanical Engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics
 

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Barakat, R., & Reif, J. (1987). Lower bounds on the computational efficiency of optical computing systems. Applied Optics, 26(6), 1015–1018. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.26.001015
Barakat, R., and J. Reif. “Lower bounds on the computational efficiency of optical computing systems.Applied Optics 26, no. 6 (March 1987): 1015–18. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.26.001015.
Barakat R, Reif J. Lower bounds on the computational efficiency of optical computing systems. Applied optics. 1987 Mar;26(6):1015–8.
Barakat, R., and J. Reif. “Lower bounds on the computational efficiency of optical computing systems.Applied Optics, vol. 26, no. 6, Mar. 1987, pp. 1015–18. Epmc, doi:10.1364/ao.26.001015.
Barakat R, Reif J. Lower bounds on the computational efficiency of optical computing systems. Applied optics. 1987 Mar;26(6):1015–1018.

Published In

Applied optics

DOI

EISSN

1539-4522

ISSN

1559-128X

Publication Date

March 1987

Volume

26

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1015 / 1018

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4008 Electrical engineering
  • 0913 Mechanical Engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics