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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Optical or photonic computing uses photons produced by lasers or diodes for computation. For decades, photons have promised to allow a higher bandwidth than the electrons used in conventional computers.Most research projects focus on replacing current computer components with optical equivalents, resulting in an optical digital computer system processing binary data. This approach appears to offer the best short-term prospects for commercial optical computing, since optical components could be integrated into traditional computers to produce an optical-electronic hybrid. However, optoelectronic devices lose 30% of their energy converting electrons into photons and back. This also slows transmission of messages. All-optical computers eliminate the need for optical-electrical-optical (OEO) conversions.Application-specific devices such as optical correlators have been designed that use principles of optical computing. Such devices can be used for detecting and tracking objects, for example and classification of serial time-domain optical data, for example."@en }

• Optical_computing abstract "Optical or photonic computing uses photons produced by lasers or diodes for computation. For decades, photons have promised to allow a higher bandwidth than the electrons used in conventional computers.Most research projects focus on replacing current computer components with optical equivalents, resulting in an optical digital computer system processing binary data. This approach appears to offer the best short-term prospects for commercial optical computing, since optical components could be integrated into traditional computers to produce an optical-electronic hybrid. However, optoelectronic devices lose 30% of their energy converting electrons into photons and back. This also slows transmission of messages. All-optical computers eliminate the need for optical-electrical-optical (OEO) conversions.Application-specific devices such as optical correlators have been designed that use principles of optical computing. Such devices can be used for detecting and tracking objects, for example and classification of serial time-domain optical data, for example.".