Optical adder
Optical adder an optical device capable of performing the function of arithmetic addition using binary signals. It can be constructed using a series of cascaded full adders where carry has to ripple through each full adder from least significant bit to most significant bit. It can also be constructed using cascaded layers. Each layer consists of a series of half adders. Carry also has to ripple through the cascaded layers. It is also known as digital adder.
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