Optical Computing

CHANDRA BHANU
PRADHAN
REGD NO.0801289167
BRANCH CSE (B)
ROLL NO.25
What is the Optical Computing
About?
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Optical Computers perform computations, operate,
store and transmit data using only light.
 Why Do We Need Optical Computers?

• Rapid growth of the Internet

• Network speeds currently limited by
electronic circuits
• Terabit speeds are required
• Traditional silicon circuits have a physical
limit
Silicon Machines…

…versus Optical Computers

 How Does It Work?
• Photonic circuits
• Organic compounds
• No short-circuiting possible
• No heat dissipation
• Speed of light in photonic circuits will be close
to speed of light in vacuum
• Light beams can travel in parallel
– They can transfer data in parallel.
 Future Current
vs.
Benefits Limitations
• No conversion of data • Photonic circuit
• Faster that today’s accuracy
machines • Requirement of power
• Increased
computational power
• Optimized storage
• Increased bandwidth
• Super-fast database
searches
 What Is the Projected Timeline?
• Still some time in the future
– On our desktops in 15 years
• Now researchers have made progress
– Light can be trapped for long enough to store data
– Advanced optical CD-ROMs (Write/Read/Erase)
• In the near term, optical computers will most
likely be hybrid optical/electronic systems.
 What’s Beyond the Optical Limit?
• Quantum computing
– Allows particles to be in more than one state at
a time
– Each particle in a quantum computer to hold
more than one bit of information.
• A quantum computer is, thus far, only a
hypothetical machine
– Expected between 2030 and 2050
 REFERENCES
OPTOELECTRONICS
Wilson.J , J.F.B.Hankes

RESONANCE-A Journal Of Science Education

July 2003

OPTIC FIBER COMMUNICATION

PRINCIPLE AND PRACTISE
John.M.Senior

http://www.sciam.com

http://www.msfc.nasa.gov
 THANK YOU

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