Volatile optical memory for optical computers Using soliton waves

Abstract

With the increasing popularity of multimedia, there is a great need for high speed processors, this problem can be solved through optical processors. However optical processors speed was reduced by the time taken in fetching instructions and data from the convention main memory. Conventional main memories use opto-electronic converters to send and receive data from memory and processor. The speed of processing can be increased if the electronic devices are replaced by optical devices, thus avoiding the time taken by the opto-electronic converters. This can be achieved through optical (RAM) which plays an important role in determining the processing speed. In this research, technique for implementing volatile optical memory (RAM) is introduced. This will be very helpful in making a fast optical processor. The equations of propagation of soliton waves are used to construct a volatile memory for an optical processor.