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From: kevin@sun.uucp (Kevin Sheehan)
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Subject: optical computers
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 03:18:11 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  5 03:18:11 1985
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I lost the original posting, but I remember an article in Scientific
American and some papers by Harris Corp. on optical bistable devices.
The principle employed amplitude sensitive materials to produce a non-
linear response in the effective optical length of a cavity to produce
cancellation/reinforcement.  It led to some interesting models for
logic, most of them parallel in nature.  Another article explored the
applications of cellular automatons to parallel processing, and implied
optical (photonic) implementation.
		l & h,
		kev