title: Optical solver of combinatorial problems: nanotechnological approach.
abstract: We present an optical computing system to solve NP-hard problems. As nano-optical computing is a promising venue for the next generation of computers performing parallel computations, we investigate the application of submicron, or even subwavelength, computing device designs. The system utilizes a setup of exponential sized masks with exponential space complexity produced in polynomial time preprocessing. The masks are later used to solve the problem in polynomial time. The size of the masks is reduced to nanoscaled density. Simulations were done to choose a proper design, and actual implementations show the feasibility of such a system.
authors: Eyal
authors: E
authors: Cohen
authors: Shlomi
authors: S
authors: Dolev
authors: Sergey
authors: S
authors: Frenkel
authors: Boris
authors: B
authors: Kryzhanovsky
authors: Alexandr
authors: A
authors: Palagushkin
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Rosenblit
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Zakharov