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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
2008
Highly Cited
2008
All-Optical 500-Mb/s UWB Transceiver:An Experimental Demonstration
We propose and demonstrate experimentally, for the first time, a prototype for all-optical ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver at… 
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
2005
Highly Cited
2005
All-optical flip-flop multimode interference bistable laser diode
All-optical flip-flop operation of multimode interference bistable laser diodes (MMI-BLDs) was experimentally demonstrated for… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Optical encryption and the space bandwidth product
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
Detuned grating multi-section-RW-DFB-lasers for high speed optical signal processing
InGaAsP multisection-DFB-lasers with detuned gratings have been fabricated. Self-pulsation in the 40GHz range and the locking to… 
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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