Discrete correlation processor as a building core of a digital optical computing system: architecture and optoelectronic embodiment

K Kagawa; Y Ogura; J Tanida; Y Ichioka

doi:10.1364/ao.38.007276

Discrete correlation processor as a building core of a digital optical computing system: architecture and optoelectronic embodiment

Appl Opt. 1999 Dec 11;38(35):7276-81. doi: 10.1364/ao.38.007276.

Authors

K Kagawa¹, Y Ogura, J Tanida, Y Ichioka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan. Kagawa@mls.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

PMID: 18324276
DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.007276

Abstract

In this paper we present a general-purpose discrete correlation processor (DCP) expected to be the building core block of a digital optical computing system. The DCP-1 is embodied by optoelectronic devices such as a VCSEL and a complementary metal-oxide silicon photodetector. The application targets of the DCP-1 are optical interconnection and various types of digital optical computing. It is expected that digital optical computing techniques coupled with the optoelectronic technology will provide large capability and flexibility in information processing. Introduction of a processing scheme of optical array logic enlarges the applicable field of the DCP-1 as well as its processing capability. With the experimental DCP-1 a bit error rate smaller than 10(-9) was obtained for A . B? operation under a 500-kHz clock rate.