Chromatic Transient State Computing for Low-Power Optical Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computing devices face power and heat issues when scaled up for increased computational capabilities, and quantum computing systems are costly, difficult to scale, and have detection challenges, while data transmission via fiber optics is limited by the number of data bits that can be sent per fiber.
Innovation Solution
A chromatic transient state computing system using colored LEDs and photoreceptors to represent multiple states, allowing for low-power, scalable computing and enhanced data transmission by converting data signals into series of chromabit values for transmission over optical media.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If binary computing devices are scaled up to increase computational capabilities, then computational power is improved, but power consumption and heat generation worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional electrical binary computing systems with an optical computing system that uses light-based transient states. This substitution fundamentally changes the physical domain from electrical to optical, enabling computations to be performed using light propagation and interference patterns rather than electrical currents, thereby reducing power consumption and heat generation while maintaining computational capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes transient optical states (changing light intensity and phase over time) as a new parameter space for computation. By encoding information in the temporal evolution of optical fields rather than static binary states, the system achieves computational functionality with lower energy requirements, as optical transitions naturally occur at lower power levels compared to electrical switching in scaled binary devices
2Productivity
If quantum computing systems are developed to overcome binary limitations, then computational power is improved, but manufacturing cost and operational complexity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs transient optical states that naturally decay and reset without requiring expensive quantum error correction infrastructure. The transient nature of the optical states provides inherent reset functionality, eliminating the need for complex cryogenic cooling systems and sophisticated error correction mechanisms required in quantum computing, thereby reducing manufacturing and operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The optical computing system performs multiple computational functions using a single unified optical platform. The same optical transient states can represent multiple computational basis states and enable various logical operations simultaneously, providing quantum-like computational power without requiring separate specialized components for each quantum operation, thus simplifying the overall system architecture
3Length of moving object
If fiber optic data transmission uses single color laser to increase transmission distance, then transmission distance is improved, but data transmission rate worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends fiber optic transmission from single-color (one-dimensional frequency space) to multi-color (multi-dimensional frequency space) optical signaling. By utilizing multiple wavelengths simultaneously and encoding information in the temporal transient states of each wavelength, the system achieves both long transmission distance (maintaining the advantage of optical fiber) and high data transmission rate (overcoming the single-color limitation) through spectral multiplexing and temporal state encoding
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system achieves high-level computing with reduced power consumption and increased scalability compared to binary and quantum systems, and enhances data transmission rates over long distances by utilizing multiple colored states.
Implementation Method 1
Each distinguishable color as detected by one of the photoreceptors corresponds to a combination of colors emitted by a set of colored LEDs
Implementation Method 2
A photo-receiver system might receive the data signal by emitting light corresponding to the chromabit values
Data Source
AI summary
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing data transmission, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing data transmission utilizing techniques used for transient state computing with optics. In various embodiments, a photo-transmitter system of a chromatic transient state data transmission system might send, over optical transmission media, a data signal comprising a series of chromabit values, by emitting, using a set of colored light emitters, a combination of colors representing each chromabit value. A photo-receiver system of the chromatic transient state data transmission system that is communicatively coupled to the photo-transmitter system via the optical transmission media might receive the data signal, each distinguishable color as detected by each photoreceptor corresponding to a combination of emitted colors. A computing system might autonomously convert the data signal comprising the series of chromabit values into a converted data signal that is compatible with a receiving device.