Digital Optics & Optical Computing

作者: J. E. Midwinter

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2794-0_19

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摘要: There has recently been a surge of interest and public speculation on the possibility that photons might start to replace electrons in computers, hence so-called “Optical Computer”. We will look here at some reasons lie behind this try assess position from an engineering viewpoint.

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