Title :
Optical computing advances logically for image processing
Author :
Huang, Kung-Shiuh
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fDate :
5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A powerful application of optical computation, digital optical cellular image processing (DOCIP), is discussed. DOCIP uses digital optical computing techniques to perform cellular logic operations or extended array functions on images. Cellular logic is reviewed, and a binary image algebra (BlA) that serves as an analysis and synthesis tool for cellular image processing systems is described. Some DOCIP architectures that have been proposed or experimentally demonstrated are discussed and classified as image-algebra-type processors or symbolic-substitution-type processors. The optical and optoelectronic implementations of these architectures are also discussed.<>
Keywords :
cellular arrays; hypercube networks; image processing; optical information processing; optical logic; parallel architectures; DOCIP architectures; binary image algebra; cellular logic operations; digital optical cellular image processing; digital optical computing techniques; extended array functions; image processing; image-algebra-type processors; optical computation; optoelectronic implementations; symbolic-substitution-type processors; Computer applications; Fiber nonlinear optics; Image processing; Logic arrays; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical bistability; Optical computing; Optical filters; Optical interconnections;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
