• Optical computing or photonic computing uses light waves produced by lasers or incoherent sources for data processing, data storage or data communication...
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  • Linear optical quantum computing or linear optics quantum computation (LOQC), also photonic quantum computing (PQC), is a paradigm of quantum computation...
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  • Unconventional computing (also known as alternative computing or nonstandard computation) is computing by any of a wide range of new or unusual methods...
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  • Multivariate optical computing, also known as molecular factor computing, is an approach to the development of compressed sensing spectroscopic instruments...
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  • Solar Orbiter. 17 June – Scientists in China demonstrate a parallel optical computing chip capable of 100 simultaneous wavelength-based operations, using...
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    Metacomputing – Computing for the purpose of computing Natural computing – Academic field Optical computing – Computer that uses photons or light waves...
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  • Programmable photonics is a subfield of photonics and optical computing that studies the development of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for computation...
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  • Technology. He is known for his research in quantum photonics and optical computing. Dirk Robert Englund grew up in Germany and California. He attended...
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  • a means to control light using only light and has applications in optical computing and fiber-optic communication networks. Such technology has the potential...
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    Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic...
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    High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC). AFRL's research and development mission on Maui was formally called Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS) and...
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    Consequently, optical neural networks have garnered increased attention in the research community. Presently, two primary methods of optical neural computing are...
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    Nanodiamonds offer an alternative to photonic metamaterials for optical computing. The same single-defect nanodiamonds that can be used to sense magnetic...
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  • which combines optical sensors and computation A chip used in optical computing A photonic integrated circuit A chip that uses an optical interconnect This...
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  • optical modes is a need for quantum computing, this technology may be helpful to miniaturize quantum computers (see linear optical quantum computing)...
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    sensing, medical diagnostics and therapy, display technology, and optical computing. Further growth of photonics is likely if current silicon photonics...
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    devices based on Multivariate Optical Computing have been demonstrated. These devices have been based on the Multivariate Optical Element spectral calculation...
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    absorption of gamma rays. See also Mössbauer effect. Multivariate optical computing is an all optical compressed sensing technique, generally used in harsh environments...
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  • Optical character recognition or optical character reader (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text...
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    In computing, an optical disc drive (ODD) is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as...
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  • Lateral computing is a lateral thinking approach to solving computing problems. Lateral thinking has been made popular by Edward de Bono. This thinking...
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    the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. The silicon is usually patterned with sub-micrometre precision...
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  • is observed in many non-linear optical systems. One of the most common examples is an optical ring resonator. Optical chaos was a field of research in...
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    in optical computing, with metamaterial-based systems theoretically being able to perform certain tasks more efficiently than conventional computing. Explorations...
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    Laser (redirect from Optical maser)
    of optical computing. Silicon is the material of choice for integrated circuits, and so electronic and silicon photonic components (such as optical interconnects)...
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  • Optical projection tomography is a form of tomography involving optical microscopy. The OPT technique is sometimes referred to as optical computed tomography...
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    Sight (device) (redirect from Optical sight)
    metal parts, giving them the name "iron sights", as distinct from optical or computing sights. On many types of weapons they are built-in and may be fixed...
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  • make optical microscopes able to see objects as small as DNA, advanced sensors, more efficient solar collectors, nano-resonators, quantum computing and...
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  • when using multivariate optical computing, the light entering the instrument strikes an application specific multivariate optical element, which is uniquely...
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    Training required 3 days. In 1990, Wei Zhang implemented a CNN on optical computing hardware. In 1991, a CNN was applied to medical image object segmentation...
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