TY  - BOOK
AU  - John E. Midwinter
TI  - Photonics in switching: : Background and components
T2  - Quantum electronics: principles and applications
SN  - 9780124960510
AV  - TK5103.8 PHO
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Academic Press
KW  - Telecommunication -- Switching systems.
KW  - Telecommunication equipment -- Circuits
KW  - Switching circuits
KW  - Photonics
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -