Unconventional Optical Elements for Information Storage, Processing and Communications: 75 (NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3, 75) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792361903 ISBN 13: 9780792361909

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

The field of optics has been accelerating at an unprecedented rate, due both to the tremendous growth of the field of fiber-optic communications, and to the improvement of optical materials and devices. Throughput capabilities of fiber systems are accelerating faster than Moore's law, the famous growth rate of silicon chip capability, which has propelled that industry relentlessly over decades. In addition, new optical storage techniques push the limits of information density, with an ever decreasing cost per bit of storage. Economic investment in photonics is at an all-time high. At the same time, other fields of optics, adaptive optics for instance, are bringing new capabilities to more classical applications such as astronomical imaging. New lasers continue to be developed, with applications in display, sensing, and biomedicine following at ever-shorter intervals after the initial discoveries. Given this background, the NATO Mediterranean Dialog Advanced Research Workshop on Unconventional Optical Elements for Information Storage, Processing and Communications, held in Israel on October 19-21, 1998, came at an opportune moment in the history of optics. Its aim was to overview the current state-of-the-art and encourage cooperation in the Mediterranean region, with a view to highlighting and enhancing the existing potential for further development and innovation. The workshop included participants from Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA.

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Review

`The book is very organized and well written, with comprehensive references and subject-author indexes. It will be a valuable reference for scientists, engineers, and graduate students working in a number of areas.'
Optics (amp) Photonics News, October 2001

Synopsis

There has been a tremendous growth in optical communications, coupled with a great improvement in optical materials and devices. The present book reviews the current state of the art, addressing the entire spectrum of relevant activities, from enabling research to product development over the entire spectrum of activities, from unconventional imaging and adaptive optics, optical processing, diffractive optics, ultrafast nonlinear optical interactions, novel materials and microfabrication methods, to advanced devices and systems for information storage, processing and communications. A valuable resource for the researcher, engineer and advanced student interested in development and innovation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792361903
• ISBN 13: 9780792361909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Marom Emanuel, Vainos Nikolaos A., Friesem Asher A., Goodman Joseph W.