Parallel optical computing system

Abstract

A parallel optical computing system is described, said system comprising: at least one first module (10) comprising at least one polarization filter (12) and at least one liquid crystal cell (13), the first module (10) being configured as an optical modulator (100) for receiving light from a light source (70) and for encoding the light output from the liquid crystal cell (13) into optical data to be processed; at least one second module (20) comprising at least one polarization filter (22) and at least one liquid crystal cell (23), the second module (20) being able to be configured as an optical processor (200) for receiving the optical data to be processed and for outputting an optical result of the processing; at least one optical detector (40), designed to receive the optical result of the processing and convert the optical result into a corresponding electrical result.

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