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Role of optics in super-fast information processing

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From the decade of seventy a motivation inspired the people of optical and computing community for using optics in place of electronics as information carrying signal in digital data and image processing. Here in this communication the author extends a brief report on the role of optics in super fast computation and its advantages.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 713 104, West Bengal, India

    Sourangshu Mukhopadhyay

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Mukhopadhyay, S. Role of optics in super-fast information processing. Indian J Phys 84, 1069–1074 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-010-0101-4

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