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Optical Computers

This document discusses optical computers, which use photons and light instead of electricity to perform computations. Optical computers offer advantages like increased speed, immunity to electromagnetic interference, low transmission loss, large bandwidth allowing parallel communication, and superior storage density. They use optical components like VCSELs, photonic crystals, and optical nanostructures to simulate transistors and logical gates. However, optical components are still expensive to produce and not yet miniaturized enough. Interference from dust also poses challenges. While pure optical computers face issues, hybrid opto-electrical computers may be realized soon and pave the way for fully optical computers in the future.

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Optical Computers

This document discusses optical computers, which use photons and light instead of electricity to perform computations. Optical computers offer advantages like increased speed, immunity to electromagnetic interference, low transmission loss, large bandwidth allowing parallel communication, and superior storage density. They use optical components like VCSELs, photonic crystals, and optical nanostructures to simulate transistors and logical gates. However, optical components are still expensive to produce and not yet miniaturized enough. Interference from dust also poses challenges. While pure optical computers face issues, hybrid opto-electrical computers may be realized soon and pave the way for fully optical computers in the future.

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Optical cOmputers

presented by,
k.vamsi krishna
14A81A0576.
cOntents:
 What is optical computers.
 Why optical computers.
 Example.
 Optical computation.
 Parallel communication.
 Optical components.
 Advantages.
 Disadvantages.
 Conclusion.
What is Optical cOmputer…

 An optical computer is a computer that uses photons in


visible light or IR beams to perform digital computation .
Why Optical cOmputers...?

In silicon computers, the speed of computers was
achieved by miniaturizing electronic components.

They are immune to electromagnetic interference, and free
from electrical short circuits.

They have low-loss transmission and provide large bandwidth;
i.e. multiplexing capability, capable of communicating several
channels in parallel without interference.
EXAMPLES
Consider E-mail

.txt format •Fiber optic


Electronic
To Photonic cables
Converter

Optical computers use light for storing and


transmitting and operating on data.
Optical cOmputatiOn
 Light in the place of Electron
 Uses optical components
 Transistors, logical gates etc. are simulated using optics.
 All-optical components require a high level of laser power
to function as required.
 Send pulses of light instead of pulses of electricity
parallel cOmmunicatiOn
Optical cOmpOnents...

VCSEL-vertical
VCSEL cavity surface emitting micro laser

VCSELs have high performance and low cost advantages

Emits light in a cylindrical beam vertically from the surface
of a fabricated wafer.
 VCSEL converts the electrical signal to optical using lens
and micromirrors

Photonic Crystals- crystals designed to replace
transistors in optical computers.


Optical nanostructures that are designed to affect the
motion of Photons.
AdvAntAges...

Increase in the speed of computation.

Free from electrical short circuits.

Have low- transmission loss and large bandwidth.

Speed of light in photonic circuits will be close to speed of
light in vacuum

Capable of communicating several channels in parallel
without interference.

Possesses superior storage density and accessibility

No power loss due to excess of heating.

Life of the hardware of optical computer is more.
disAdvAntAges
 Optical components and their production is
expensive.
 Optical components are not miniaturied enough yet.
 problems of exact manufacture.
 In compatibility.
 Due to interference caused by dust particles.
CONCLUSION
 Optical technology promises massive upgrades in the
efficiency and speed of computers, as well as significant
shrinkage in their size and cost.

 Even though pure Optical computer has many challenges


hybrid opto-electrical computer can be expected very soon,
and in near future pure optical computer too..
ANy qUerIeS

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