2s IPHO.VII/10.39 MSc. DEGREE (FIVE YEAR INTEGRATED COURSE) VIII SEMESTER EXAMINATION IN PHOTONICS, APRIL 2010 CEL 2E 05 OPTICAL COMPUTING (2006 Admission) Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 50 I. UL WV. () ) © @ @) © () Cy PART-A (Answer any FIVE questions) (All questions carry EQUAL marks) (5x2= 10) What are binary filters? Give one example. Give the optical implementation of the arithmetic operations of multiplication and division. ‘What is optical phase conjugation? How is it achieved? Briefly explain the working of a polarization bistable devise. Outline the concept of shadow casting in optical computing. ‘What are saturable and reverse saturable absorbers? How are these used in optical computation? Briefly explain ‘symbolic substitution’ ‘What is meant by nonlinear Fabry-Perot etalon? PART-B (All questions carry EQUAL marks) (4x 10 = 40) Explain the construction of inverse filters and describe their uses in optical image processing OR What is non linear optical processing? Discuss the difference between logarithmic and linear filtering. What is a matched filter? Explain how it is used in optical pattern recognition. OR Describe the construction and working of an electronically addressable spatial light modulator. ‘What is ‘polarization-encoded optical shadow casting"? explain how this is used for designing logic circuits. OR Explain how multiprocessing can be realized using the polarization-encoded optical shadow casting method. Deseribe the use of non linear Fabry-Perot etalon in designing logical gates. OR Explain the working of a non linear Fabry-Perot etalon as an optical transistor.