title: Optics in computing: introduction to the feature issue.
abstract: This issue of Applied Optics features 21 papers that describe the implementation of optics in computer systems and applications. This feature is the eighth in a series on the application of optics in the field of computing.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 777 Atlantic Drive Northwest, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0250, USA. tim.drabik@ee.gatech.edu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Drabik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thienpont
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Ishikawa