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}}</ref> can be used to create optical [[logic gate]]s,<ref name=jainprattpatent /> which in turn are assembled into the higher level components of the computer's [[central processing unit]] (CPU).<ref>{{Cite web |title=These Optical Gates Offer Electronic Access - IEEE Spectrum |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/optical-computing-picosecond-gates |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=spectrum.ieee.org |language=en}}</ref> These will be nonlinear optical crystals used to manipulate light beams into controlling other light beams.
Like any computing system, an optical computing system needs three things to function well:
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