Fourier optical limits of coherent acousto-optic matrix-vector processor
Optics in Computing, Quebec, 19 June 2000
Tom Naughton, Department of Computer Science, NUI Maynooth, Ireland
Abstract. We characterize the bounds on numerical accuracy that a finite acoustic beam height will have on an analog acousto-optic algebra processor that uses coherent illumination. A Fourier optical model of our physical matrix-vector multiplier is used as a basis for the simulations.