OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICE FOR CALCULATING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTINUOUS SETS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G06E3/00 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: device has a first radiation source with wavelength λ₁, a first transparency filter, a first optical k×n-output splitter, optically connected waveguides, a second radiation source with wavelength λ₂, a second optical k×n-output splitter, k groups of n optical Y-couplers, k optical n-input couplers, a second transparency filter and k optical dispersing elements.

EFFECT: calculating the difference between two continuous sets while increasing computational capacity.

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