Abstract :
Very few general articles on optical computing have been published in the semitechnical press. Several have covered specialized aspects of optical computing. A comprehensive description of one of optical computing´s earliest triumphs over electronic techniques can be found in ¿Side-Looking Airborne Radar,¿ by Homer Jensen et al., Scientific American, Vol. 237, no. 4, October 1977, p. 84. Spatial filtering and other techniques to discern military targets are described in ¿Pattern recognition: a review,¿ by David Casasent, Spectrum, Vol. 18, no. 3, March 1981, pp. 28¿33. See also ¿Optical computing: the coming revolution in optical signal processing,¿ by H. John Caulfield, John Neff, and William T. Rhodes, Laser Focus, Vol. 19, no. 11, November 1983, pp. 100¿110. Holographic memories are described in part in ¿Holography: a reassessment,¿ by H. John Caulfield, Spectrum, Vol. 19, no. 8, August 1982, pp. 39¿45.
