24-06-2010, 12:13 PM
Presented By:
ISRC
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
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.
