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Optical processor for an artificial neural network

  • US 7,512,573 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2006
  • Issued: 03/31/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus, comprising:

  • a spatial light modulator (SLM) having a plurality of pixels, each pixel being configurable to direct or not to direct light toward a photodetector array;

    an optical mask adapted to subject to spatial modulation the light directed by the SLM toward the photodetector array; and

    the photodetector array adapted to measure an interference pattern produced by the spatially modulated light.

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