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Optical computing

Known as: Optical signal processing, Optronic computer, Optical computer 
Optical or photonic computing uses photons produced by lasers or diodes for computation. For decades, photons have promised to allow a higher… 
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
λ-Size ITO and Graphene-Based Electro-Optic Modulators on SOI
One of the key devices that convert electronic signals into high bit-rate photonic data is the electro-optic modulator (EOM). Its… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
An all-optical XOR logic gate for high-speed RZ-DPSK signals by FWM in semiconductor optical amplifier
All-optical exclusive-OR (XOR) logic gate is a basic and crucial element for optical signal processing. We propose and… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Slow and Fast Light in Semiconductor Quantum-Well and Quantum-Dot Devices
The ability to manipulate the speed of light has recently become one of the most exciting emergent topics in optics. There are… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
All-optical signal Processing and applications within the esprit project DO/spl I.bar/ALL
This paper reviews the work performed under the European ESPRIT project DO/spl I.bar/ALL (Digital OpticAL Logic modules) spanning… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Low-loss and low-dispersion-slope highly nonlinear fibers
In recent technologies, various optical signal processing systems have been reported. In many of these applications, highly… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Ultrashort 2-D photonic crystal directional couplers
A novel approach to reduce the coupling length and to increase the coupling coefficient in waveguide directional couplers… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Optical signal processing using nonlinear distributed feedback structures
We analyze the optical signal processing functionality of periodic structures consisting of alternating layers of materials… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Observation of light propagation in photonic crystal optical waveguides with bends
We observed the light propagation in 2-D photonic crystal waveguides with bends, which were composed of densely-packed holes… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Fundamentals in the Design of Molecular Electronic Devices: Long-Range Charge Carrier Transport and Electronic Coupling
Virtually all molecular electronic devices rely on the interplay between spatial organization and electronic motion to attain the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Emerging optical code-division multiple access communication systems
All-optical systems, which perform signal processing functions optically so that the signal conversion from optical to electrical… 
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