Research & work

Exploratory optical research

Laser-Defined Computing.

Laser-Defined Computing explores how optical media and controlled readout could support information access and selected computational operations.

Colored light refracting through a glass optical element.
Research question

Where could optical approaches offer a useful computing tradeoff?

The research considers relationships between representation, access, and software control. Bounded experiments are intended to test specific ideas and their limits. Connections to the wider execution architecture are proposed research interfaces.

In the architecture

Connected research.

Optical experiments sit alongside memory and execution research as a longer-term direction.

Public conceptual overview. Research connections describe areas of study.