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Title: Optical memory research and its application to digital optical processing

Abstract

For many years optical processing was known for its inherent parallelism, yielding high throughput operations. Combined with the higher accuracy (and usual flexibility) present in digital systems, the potential for performing high accuracy-high throughput image processing operations can be realized by a digital optical processor. The concept of digital optical processing can be compared to many electronic processor architectures. Various architectures from the distributed to pipelined to associative systems all display an increasing parallelism for compromised processing element complexity. A PLZT-CdS device is proposed which can perform the required logic and memory operations. This device is examined for its theoretical operation describing the transient behavior of its thin film structure. A double pulse electrical operation is described which can properly shape the device response, allowing image (information) storage.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
California Univ., San Diego (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5180674
Resource Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Ph.D. Thesis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; MEMORY DEVICES; ARCHITECTURE; DATA PROCESSING; DATA-FLOW PROCESSING; DIGITAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARALLEL PROCESSING; PROCESSING; PROGRAMMING; 990200* - Mathematics & Computers

Citation Formats

Barr, H S. Optical memory research and its application to digital optical processing. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Barr, H S. Optical memory research and its application to digital optical processing. United States.
Barr, H S. 1984. "Optical memory research and its application to digital optical processing". United States.
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abstractNote = {For many years optical processing was known for its inherent parallelism, yielding high throughput operations. Combined with the higher accuracy (and usual flexibility) present in digital systems, the potential for performing high accuracy-high throughput image processing operations can be realized by a digital optical processor. The concept of digital optical processing can be compared to many electronic processor architectures. Various architectures from the distributed to pipelined to associative systems all display an increasing parallelism for compromised processing element complexity. A PLZT-CdS device is proposed which can perform the required logic and memory operations. This device is examined for its theoretical operation describing the transient behavior of its thin film structure. A double pulse electrical operation is described which can properly shape the device response, allowing image (information) storage.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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