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Microelectromechanical systems (cont.) N
electrostatic actuators, 238-242, 247 Nearest neighbor classifiers (NNCs), 394.
fabrication, 237-238 395398
micromirror arrays, 244-245 Near field optical storage, 461-464
Microraachining, 237 Negabinary number arithmetic, 493-494
Micromirror arrays, 244-245 Negabinary number system, 492-493, 546
Micromirror couplers, 326-331 549
MIMD-based architecture. See Multiple- Negabinary signed-digit (NSD) arithmetic,
instruction multiple-data-based 503, 539-543, 558-560
architecture Negabinary signed-digit (NSD) number
MnBi alloy, as optical storage medium, 445 system, 500, 503, 543, 546-549
Modified chemical vapor deposition Neural networks, 357
(MCVD), 178 defined, 142
Modified signed-digit (MSD) arithmetic, 502, Hopfield model, 143-144, 145, 146, 412
503-530 interpattern association model. 144 -147
Modified signed-digit (MSD) number system, LCTV-based, 360
500, 502, 543 optical pattern recognition with, 412, 418
Modularity, fiber-optic networks, 193 423
Modulators, 219-220 optical signal processing with, 141 147
direct modulation of semiconductor lasers, Neurons, 141 142
220-225 Neyman-Pearson criterion, 32
electro-optic (EO), modulators, 219-220, NNCs. See Nearest neighbor classifiers
247, 248 Noise entropy, 8
external electro-optic modulators, Noise response, photodetectors, 190
225-236 NOJTPS. See Nonzero-order JTPS
MO materials. See Magneto-optic materials NOLM. See Nonlinear optical loop mirror
MOSLM. See Magneto-optic SLM Nominal signal bandwidth, 21
MQW modulator. See Multiple-quantum- Nominal signal duration, 21
well modulator Nonbinary number systems, 499-501
MSD number system. See Modified signed- Nonconventional joint transform detectors
digit (MSD) number system (JTDs), 364-368
MSM photodetector, 331-334, 348 Nondegenerate four-wave mixing, 119
Mueller calculus, 578, 579-581 Nonlinear directional coupler, 208-211
Multilayer optical disk, 448-449 Nonlinear encoding, parallel optical logic,
Multilayer optical disks, 448-449 481
Multiple-instruction multiple-data (MIMD)- Nonlinear Fabry-Perot etalons, 247
based architecture, 476 Nonlinear interferometric switches. 211. 213
Multiple-quantum-well (MQW) modulator, 218
231-236 Nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM),
Multiplexing, in photorefractive processing, 213-216
120-121 Nonstationary channel, 9
Multiplication Nonzero dispersion shifted fiber (NZ-DSF),
digital multiplication via convolution 672-673
(DMAC), 499 Nonzero-order joint transform detectors
nonbinary number systems, 499 (JTDs), 368-370
signed-number systems Nonzero-order JTPS (NOJTPS), 369, 370,
MSD number system, 523-525 399
QSD number system, 537-539 NSD number system. See Negabinary signed-
TSD number system, 532-533 digit (NSD) number system
Mutual coherence function, 68, 74 Number systems
Mux, 667 -668 binary