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All-optical programmable switch with XOR gate functions in a doped silica thin film

A SPIE journal article published 1998-10-01 describes an all-optical programmable switch implementing XOR gate functions in a doped silica thin film. The excerpt supplied contains only the article title and publication metadata.

Categories: science-and-space, technology

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
1/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Positivity
6/10
Urgency
1/10

Why it matters

The paper documents a specific optical switching approach that implements XOR logic as stated in the title.

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