Photonics in switching: Background and components/

Contributor(s):

John E. Midwinter [Editor]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Quantum electronics: principles and applications ; Volume 1Boston; Academic Press, 1993Description: 322 pages: illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780124960510

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

TK5103.8 PHO

Contents:

1. Why consider photonics in switching? 2. Network overview 3.Some background to telecommunications transmission and switching 4. Overview of switching architectures 5.Physics of all-optical switching devices 6.Optical amplifiers 7.Optoelectronic hybrid switching 8.New approaches to digital optical computing using parallel optical array logic 9.Optical interconnects in electronic processing systems 10. Guided-wave optical interconnect techniques

Summary: Presents a broad, balanced overview of the use of optics or photonics in switching, from materials and devices to system architecture. The chapters survey the key technologies, setting them in context and highlighting their benefits and possible applications.

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Includes index

1. Why consider photonics in switching?
2. Network overview
3.Some background to telecommunications transmission and switching
4. Overview of switching architectures
5.Physics of all-optical switching devices
6.Optical amplifiers
7.Optoelectronic hybrid switching
8.New approaches to digital optical computing using parallel optical array logic
9.Optical interconnects in electronic processing systems
10. Guided-wave optical interconnect techniques

Presents a broad, balanced overview of the use of optics or photonics in switching, from materials and devices to system architecture. The chapters survey the key technologies, setting them in context and highlighting their benefits and possible applications.

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