OPTICAL NANOCOUNTER Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC G06E3/00 B82Y20/00 

FIELD: optics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to computer engineering and can be used in optical information processing devices when designing optical computers and transceiving devices. Proposed device aims at solving the problem of counting the number of input optical pulses, as well as problem of dividing frequency of the input signal as for coherent and non-coherent input optical signals with high speed, potentially possible for optical processor circuits, as well as the tasks of nanosize design. Assigned task occurs when designing optical nanocomputers or transceiving nanodevices which provide processing information in tera- and gigahertz ranges. Optical nanocounter consists of constant optical signal sources, 2N+2 optical nanofibres, 2N+3 optical nanofibre Y-splitters, six telescopic nanotubes, two optical nanofibre couplers, optical 2N+1-output nanofibre splitter.

EFFECT: technical result is possibility of counting the number of input optical pulses and dividing the frequency of the input signal as for coherent and non-coherent input optical signals with high speed, potentially possible for optical processor circuits, as well as possibility of nanosize design.

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