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Applied Optics

APPLICATIONS-CENTERED RESEARCH IN OPTICS

  • Vol. 28, Iss. 20 — Oct. 15, 1989
  • pp: 4313–4315

Optical full adder

Thomas M. Merklein, Wilhelm Stork, and Hiroyoshi Yajima  »View Author Affiliations


Applied Optics, Vol. 28, Issue 20, pp. 4313-4315 (1989)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.28.004313


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Abstract

We report construction and successful operation of a ripple carry full adder with an architecture based on symbolic substitution logic. The principal piece of hardware is a microchannel spatial light modulator. Examples of its operation are given for addition of 4-bit numbers.

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Thomas M. Merklein, Wilhelm Stork, and Hiroyoshi Yajima, "Optical full adder," Appl. Opt. 28, 4313-4315 (1989)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-28-20-4313

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