Optical computing and the fredkin gates

Applied Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 1604-1607

  Shamir, Joseph ^a   Caulfield, H John ^a   Micelli, William ^b   Seymour, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b VERIZON   (United States)

^c Naval Command   (United States)

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EID: 84975647997     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.25.001604     Document Type: Article

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