FIBEROPTIC PROCESSORS FOR AN OPTICAL-DATA TRANSPORT-SYSTEM

This paper discusses a class of fundamentally new fiberoptic processor s for systems for obtaining, transporting, and processing large masses of optical data. A matrix-operator description of such systems is pro posed. A system is described that restores the regularity of the place ment of the light-conducting fibers in an irregular fiber bundle. It i s shown that fiber-optic processors and systems open up new possibilit ies in the development of devices with various purposes. (C) 1996 The Optical Society of America.