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dc.contributor.advisorPeyghambarian, Nasseren_US
dc.contributor.authorHanson, Craig Demorest, 1956-
dc.creatorHanson, Craig Demorest, 1956-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-28T10:32:40Z
dc.date.available2013-03-28T10:32:40Z
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/277204
dc.description.abstractAll-optical logic gates made from GaAs etalons were studied to see if they may be useful for optical computing. We have demonstrated that GaAs etalons may produce a change in output optical signal four times larger than the change in the input signal, and that the contrast of the output signal may be as high as 10 to 1. We have cascaded two GaAs etalons, i.e. the output change in the first causes the second one to switch. We have combined two signal beams and a biasing beam onto a GaAs etalon using polarized beams for a fan-in investigation, and have demonstrated that this setup may be used as an all-optical AND gate. We have also shown that GaAs etalons function well when interfaced to optical fibers by direct butt-coupling. Interconnections between all-optical gates by optical fibers, holographic optical elements, and conventional lenses are discussed.
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dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectOptical data processing.en_US
dc.subjectGallium arsenide semiconductors.en_US
dc.titleDemonstration of capabilities of gallium arsenide etalons for practical optical logicen_US
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dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc23665923en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1339210en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineOptical Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b17655766en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-05-28T11:37:19Z
html.description.abstractAll-optical logic gates made from GaAs etalons were studied to see if they may be useful for optical computing. We have demonstrated that GaAs etalons may produce a change in output optical signal four times larger than the change in the input signal, and that the contrast of the output signal may be as high as 10 to 1. We have cascaded two GaAs etalons, i.e. the output change in the first causes the second one to switch. We have combined two signal beams and a biasing beam onto a GaAs etalon using polarized beams for a fan-in investigation, and have demonstrated that this setup may be used as an all-optical AND gate. We have also shown that GaAs etalons function well when interfaced to optical fibers by direct butt-coupling. Interconnections between all-optical gates by optical fibers, holographic optical elements, and conventional lenses are discussed.


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