Organization of the 1993 Optical Computing Topical Meeting, Palm Springs, CA March 16-19, 1993

本次会议涵盖的主题有：用于计算的光互连和总线；光学和光子计算系统、体系结构、模型和算法。数字或模拟；混合光学/电子处理器；光学“神经”处理器，包括光学联想存储器；光学 记忆;光学实现的大规模并行架构；空间光调制器及其它用于光学计算的器件；计算中潜在应用的非线性光学现象；非线性光学、电光和光电元件；用于光学互连和计算的全息和其他无源光学元件；光学计算机的小型化与封装上述组件和处理器的应用领域；与光学计算机的能力和局限性有关的基本物理和计算特性。

Topics covered by this conference are: Optical interconnections and buses for computing; Optical and photonic computing systems, architectures, models and algorithms - digital or analog; Hybrid optical/electronic processors; Optical "neural" processors, including optical associative memories; Optical memory; Massively parallel architectures for optical implementation; Spatial light modulators and other devils for optical computing; Nonlinear optical phenomena of potential use in computing; Nonlinear optical, electro-optical, and opto- electronic components; Holographic and other passive optical elements for optical interconnections and computing; Miniaturization and packaging of optical computers; Areas of application of the above components and processors; Fundamental physical and computational properties relating to the capabilities and limitations of optical computers.