An Incoherent Multiple-imaging System for Cellular Automata
Senmao Lin, Rt Liu · Journal of Modern Optics · 1992
An optical incoherent implementation of a general and programmable cellular automaton is reported. The implementation is based on an incoherent multiple-imaging system and electronic nonlinear circuits. All of 256 distinct local rules of a 1D elementary cellular automaton are achieved by simply specifying the different transparencies of a spatial light modulator (SLM) mask. The complex cellular automata can be synthesized based on the optical system. Simulations and experimental results are also given.