Most recently, attempts are being made to construct purely optical computing systems capable of processing digital information using nonlinear optical elements.

The method is commonly used to simulate circuits which include nonlinear elements.

In practice amplitude modulation is often implemented using time invariant nonlinear elements such as diodes.

The parametron is essentially a resonant circuit with a nonlinear reactive element which oscillates at half the driving frequency.

His engineering thesis focused on the calculation and implementation of nonlinear optical elements (holograms) for avionics (aircraft head-hunting sights).

More complex passive filters may involve nonlinear elements, or more complex linear elements, such as transmission lines.

Rate-dependence can be represented by nonlinear dashpot elements in a manner similar to viscoelasticity.

Most circuit simulation programs model switches as highly nonlinear elements.

In an electric circuit, a nonlinear element or nonlinear device is an electrical element which does not have a linear relationship between current and voltage.

Conversely, nonlinear elements can be made to operate linearly if the signal in them is limited to a low level.