Optical processors for smart structures

Barry G. Grossman; Howard Hou; Ramzi H. Nassar

doi:10.1117/12.21284

1 September 1990 Optical processors for smart structures

Barry G. Grossman, Howard Hou, Ramzi H. Nassar

Proceedings Volume 1296, Advances in Optical Information Processing IV; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21284
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

An all-optical processor for sensor inputs capable of computing the resultant strain and optical control signals for such applications as underwater fiber-optic sensor arrays and smart aerospace structures is presented. Attention is given to computer simulation and experimental results obtained to date, which indicate that neural network architectures can perform the very high speed calculations with the requisite accuracy. The performance thus far obtainable in the available bistable optical gate arrays is the basic performance limitation identified for this all-optical implementation.

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Barry G. Grossman, Howard Hou, and Ramzi H. Nassar "Optical processors for smart structures", Proc. SPIE 1296, Advances in Optical Information Processing IV, (1 September 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21284

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