Characterization of an integrated-optical pipelined polynomial processor

Richard P. Kenan; Carl M. Verber; John T. Gallo; Nile F. Hartman; James R. Busch; Richard W. Ridgway

doi:10.1117/12.20990

1 October 1990 Characterization of an integrated-optical pipelined polynomial processor

Richard P. Kenan, Carl M. Verber, John T. Gallo, Nile F. Hartman, James R. Busch, Richard W. Ridgway

Proceedings Volume 1291, Optical and Digital Gallium Arsenide Technologies for Signal Processing Applications; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20990
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A polynomial evaluator utilizing a pipelined architecture has been constructed and tested. Some notable features of this processor are its unusual design its speed in polynomial evaluation and its ability to rapidly compute the zeros of polynomials. This optical computer utilizes sequential processing by seven electrooptic gratings which perform alternate addition and multiplication functions in the pipeline. Its performance as a square-root processor and as a cubic polynomial evaluator are stressed. Characterization measurements upon the individual gratings and upon the processor as a system are presented. 1.

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Richard P. Kenan, Carl M. Verber, John T. Gallo, Nile F. Hartman, James R. Busch, and Richard W. Ridgway "Characterization of an integrated-optical pipelined polynomial processor", Proc. SPIE 1291, Optical and Digital Gallium Arsenide Technologies for Signal Processing Applications, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20990

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