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Information Processing and Nonlinear Physics: From Video Pulses to Waves and Structures

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Self-Organization in Optical Systems and Applications in Information Technology

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Prospects for an all-optical computer are governed entirely by the possibilities of nonlinear optics.

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    S. A. Akhmanov

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  1. International Laser Center, Vorob’evy Gory, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119 899, Russia

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  2. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003, USA

    Mikhail A. Vorontsov

  3. Battlefield Environment Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 88002, USA

    Walter B. Miller

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Akhmanov, S.A. (1995). Information Processing and Nonlinear Physics: From Video Pulses to Waves and Structures. In: Vorontsov, M.A., Miller, W.B. (eds) Self-Organization in Optical Systems and Applications in Information Technology. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97525-7_2

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