Photonic signal processing amplification, and computing using special interference
US5623366A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/895
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A means and method of controlling a plurality of energy beams with at least one of the plurality of beams. At least one first beam set produces special interference with at least one second beam set, at a first location(s), diverting energy from both beam sets to a second location(s), where energy does not appear from one . . . or either, of the inputs in the absence of interference. By selecting the timing, levels, phases, frequencies, and interconnection of multiple controllers, a multitude of useful energy beam circuits are able to be made . . . such as: gated amplifiers, cascaded amplifiers, gated oscillators, phase demodulators, active filters, inverters, inverted filters, limiters, threshold detectors . . . as well as the logic functions: multi-input AND, multi-input OR, XOR, NOT, NAND, NOR, set/reset flip flops, D-type, clocked, one shot, schmitt trigger, time division multiplexer and demultiplexer, frequency division demultiplexer, binary half adder, binary digit counter, full binary counter, square wave oscillator, phase locking, and extracting information from a fluctuating phase beam. The present invention provides the entire foundation of photonic, and energy beam compu…
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