Zero-energy optical logic: Can it be practical?

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5882 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 30-36

  Caulfield, H John ^a  

^a FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIVE PROOF; ELECTRONIC VERSIONS; ERROR RATE; LAY-OUT; LOGIC OPERATIONS; LOGIC SYSTEMS; LOSSLESS; OPTICAL LOGIC;

EID: 70549111164     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10442-8_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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