The logic of optics and the optics of logic

Information Sciences

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-33

  Caulfield, H John ^a   Westphal, Jonathan ^b  

^a FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FUZZY SETS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; VECTORS;

BOOLEAN LOGIC; OPTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 1942440809     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2003.01.002     Document Type: Article

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