Application of Cellular Automata Algorithms to the Parallel Simulation of Laser Dynamics

In this chapter we review the use of a biologically inspired heuristic technique— cellular automata (CA)—as a problem solver for one of the most paradigmatic complex systems: the laser. CAs are a class of mathematical system that can be used to model spatiotemporal phenomena, characterized by the di...

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Autores: Guisado Lizar, José Luis, Jiménez Morales, Francisco, Guerra, J.M., Fernández, F.
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/162272
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/162272
https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470411353.ch19
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cellular automata
Laser
CAs
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Sumario:In this chapter we review the use of a biologically inspired heuristic technique— cellular automata (CA)—as a problem solver for one of the most paradigmatic complex systems: the laser. CAs are a class of mathematical system that can be used to model spatiotemporal phenomena, characterized by the discreteness of all of its variables: space, time, and normally state variables. An important property of CAs is their intrinsic parallel character. Therefore, they are specially well suited to be implemented very efficiently on parallel computers.