Using Row Operation Unit to Realize Reconfigurable Ternary Optical Processor

When we follow decrease-radix design principle to construct a two-input ternary logic operator, six basic operation units are needed at most. Accordingly, six reconstruction instructions are needed at most too. Ternary optical computer based on basic operation unit and decrease-radix design principle, to some extent, is hard to be controlled due to its massive basic operation units. To address this issue, a row operation unit is proposed in this paper. Based on row operation unit, a new reconfigurable ternary optical processor is designed, which can make the reconstruction process easier and the hardware simplified sharply. Experiment result shows that the row-operation-unit-based reconfigurable ternary optical processor is feasible and efficient.