title: Optical generation of random-number arrays for on-chip massively parallel Monte Carlo cellular processors.
abstract: Stochastic optical phenomena can be used for generation of random-bit arrays with a prescribed probability law that may vary in space and in time. This is useful for implementation of Monte Carlo algorithms, including simulated annealing, with a high recursion rate by monolithic massively parallel arrays of processing elements. Each processing element includes a photosensor. The use and advantages of speckle and of microchannel-plate image intensifiers amplifying single-photon events are considered.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Devos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chavel