Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting, Kobe, Japan, April 12-14, 1990
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Kunio Tada, H. Scott Hinton.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(xiii, 396 pages 343 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
Springer series in electronics and photonics, 29.
CONTENTS NOTE
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I Introduction and Overview --; II Electrically Controlled Switches --; III Optically Controlled Switches --; IV Free-Space Devices --; V Free-Space Switching --; VI Wavelength-Based Devices --; VII Wavelength-Based Switching --; VIII Self-Routing Switching --; IX Space-Division Switching --; X Systems Considerations --; Index of Contributors.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book outlines the current status of research in photonic switching and details the latest scientific achievements and trends in this field. The topics treated include guided-wave devices, optically controlled devices, space-division switching, free-space and wavelength-based switching and devices, and packet switching. Several contributions provide a broad overview of some of the most rapidly developing areas, such as optical amplifiers, nonlinear optical devices, and free-space digital optics. This is an ideal reference book for researchers wishing to learn about and understand the recent rapid progress in photonic switching.