Associators as measures of memory for media with optical memory and the optimization problem

The interference of light in a medium with optical memory is discussed within the framework of a nonassociative algebra. It is shown that it is possible to introduce an energy coefficient of useful action K_e, an information coefficient of useful action K_int, and a coefficient characterizing the size of the memory of the medium D. The problem of optimizing the process over these parameters is considered. Graphs are given for K_e, K_int, and D as functions of a free parameter β that accounts for experimental conditions. Tbilisi State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 29–32, August, 1997.