Methods, apparatus and systems for an optical system for data harvesting and pattern recognition. The system includes a mode locked laser for producing a comb of optical frequencies that is split into two identical combs, a wavelength division demultiplexer separate the individual optical frequency components...http://www.google.de/patents/US7917039?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7917039 - Signal processing using spectrally phase-encoded optical frequency combs