Optical pattern computers: classification by characteristics of optical fibre information-energy networks and prospect of its development

Significant results in creation of separate optoelectronic units, blocks, simple devices and single back-end processors aimed at processing of images have been achieved. There is an important problem regarding their integration in a unified system of optoelectronic components and creation of integrated complex optoelectronic back-end processors, and as a result of optoelectronic computer systems, up to creation of the pattern computer.