We describe the use of optical memory disks as elements in optical information processing architectures. The optical disk is an optical memory device with a storage capacity approaching 10(10) bits which is naturally suited to parallel access. We discuss optical disk characteristics which are important in optical computing systems such as contrast, diffraction efficiency, and phase uniformity. ...

Monitoring, probing, and sensing characteristics of aerosol clouds is difficult and complicated. Probing the characteristics of aerosols is most useful in the chemical and microelectronic industry for processing control of aerosols and emulsion, decreasing bit error rate in adaptive optical communication systems, and in acquiring data for atmospheric science and environment quality. We present ...

Strong Optical Injection Locking of Edge-Emitting Lasers and Its Applications by Hyuk-Kee Sung Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California, Berkeley Professor Ming C. Wu, Chair Semiconductor lasers are essential components that enable high-speed long-haul communication and have been widely used for various applications in photonics t...

Optical-MSSW interaction has received wide interest for realization of thin film devices for optical signal processing at microwave signal frequency. In this paper, a device structure to obtain optical-MSSW interaction in a threedimensional optical waveguide using a multilayered garnet structure is proposed and analyzed. The multilayered structure enables optimization of the waveguide parameter...

The optical power characteristics of a complete 12×12 Data Vortex optical packet switching network are measured and analyzed. Dynamic range and cascaded noise effects are quantified as indicators of network scalability and robustness.

This paper presents a comparative study for very short distance (less than 1 meter) electrical and optical interconnects in terms of channel characteristics. We also predict when and where optical interconnect may replace their electrical counterpart.

This paper reviews the various optical space switch structures on III–V semiconductor material. Their characteristics are discussed in the context of optical transport and switching network applications exploiting wavelength division multiplexing.