All-optical modulator and memory devices

There has also been much talk of "all-optical computing", presumably viable at some future date, whose speed and "cleanliness" is predicted to be orders of magnitude better than present-day electronic computers. E/0 devices and memories based on CPs could be expected to be a major component of such optical computing. Specific component targets may include memories, beam splitters, switches and routers. CP E/0 devices could also be used to encode information into laser beams via modulation of the beam s intensity or phase. 

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