Introduction to Information Optics-YU, F. T. S.

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This text for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students as well as practitioners summarizes and reviews some of the recent advances in optical information processing and communications. The contributors are active researchers from around the world. A sampling of topics includes the use of optics in communication, switching, transformation, information storage, pattern recognition, computing, and sensing. Coverage extends to advanced displays and fiber optical networks.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

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While there are books treating individual topics contained in this book, this will be the first single volume providing a cohesive treatment on this subject as a whole. This goes beyond optical communications in that it includes related topics such as sensing, displays, computing, and data storage.

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Introduction to Information Optics, by Francis T. S. Yu, Suganda Jutamulia, and Shizhuo Yin, summarizes and reviews the latest advances in information optics. Written by experts in the field, the chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including optics and information theory, parallel optical information, processing and computing, optical storage, fiber sensors, and optical display. In addition, four chapters are dedicated to optical communications. This book provides readers with a fundamental understanding of the role of optics in the current information technology revolution and demonstrates not only applications but also the physics and technology of optical storage and communications. Written at the senior undergraduate and first-year graduate level, it offers a valuable self-study and is an effective text for elective courses in optical information processing and communications. This book will also be of interest to electrical engineers, optical scientists, and applied physicists working in optical information processing and communications.

Key Features:
* A review of optical signal processing, computing, storage, and sensors
* Exercises at the end of each chapter
* Four chapters dedicated to broadband optical communications
* Applications of optical science to information technology

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FIBER OPTICS HANDBOOK Fiber, Devices, and Systems for Optical Communications.pdf

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Fiber optics is the hottest topic in communications and this book from the world's leading experts clearly lays out all the details of optical communications engineering
* Essential technical guide and solutions kit for the super-fast, super-broad fiber systems and devices powering the fastest-growing communications infrastructure
* Methods for generating above peak performance 

 

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* Clear explanations and answers to tough challenges for WDM, DWDM, amplifiers, solitons, and other key technologies

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OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING -- FROM THE LEADING EXPERTS IN THE FIELD With their proven ability to provide both enormous speed and capacity, fiber optic networks have become the hands-down technology favorite for capacity-intensive broadband access applications. Business Week estimates the current fiber-optic networking market at an incredible $16.1 billion. Understanding fiber optical communications engineering has become must know information for engineers, engineering managers, researchers, and students. This authoritative reference, culled from the pages of the OSA's renowned Handbook of Optics, offers the combined expertise of a team of international experts to give you the answers you need to ride the fiber optics wave to success.
Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, Fiber Optics Handbook includes detailed, expert coverage of every essential topic in what has become the hottest field in telecom:
* WDM (Wave Division Multiplexing) and DWDM (Dense Wave Multiplexing)
* Optical Fiber Amplifiers
* Solitrons
* Fiber Optic Communications Links
* Tapered-Fiber Couplers, MUX, and deMUX
* Optical Time-Division Multiplexed Communications Networks
* Infrared Fibers
* Optical Fiber Sensors
* Fiber-Optic Communications Standards
* Sources, Modulators, and Detectors
* And much more.

About the Author

ABOUT THE EDITORS
MICHAEL BASS is Professor of Optics, Physics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his B.S. in physics from Carnegie-Mellon and M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan. JAY M. ENOCH is Professor of the Graduate School and Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley. He also serves as a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California at San Francisco. He received his B.S. in optics and optometry from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in physiological optics from Ohio State University. ERIC W. VAN STRYLAND is Professor of Optics, Physics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. WILLIAM L. WOLFE is a Professor Emeritus at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. He received his B.S. in physics from Bucknell University, and his M.S. in physics and M.S.E. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. The OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA is dedicated to advancing study, teaching, research, and engineering in optics.


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Optoelectronics for data communication.pdf

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"This assembly of eight chapters from various contributors, including the three editors, provides comprehensive overview of aspects related to optical data communication systems....The book is well illustrated, and sufficient references are listed in most of the chapters."
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"This is the first book to focus on the critical technology and application issues that are necessary to understand the optoelectonics for data communication industry,

 

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which is expected to grow exponentially during the coming years....The book can be used as a reference for practicing engineers and scientists or as a text for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course."
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The use of optoelectronics for data communication is becoming increasingly important in the 1990s. Much of the base technology needed for this field was developed by the telecommunications industry, but there are important differences which are covered in this text.
This is the first book to focus on the critical technology and application issues that are necessary to understand the optoelectronics for data communication industry, which is expected to grow exponentially during the coming years. Optoelectronics for Data Communication is an excellent reference for both researchers and engineers because it emphasizes fundamentals rather than more easily dated topics. The book focuses particular attention on practical engineering issues, making it invaluable to those who have worked or studied in the field of optoelectronics for telecommunication and are now moving to optoelectronics for data communication.

Focuses on fundamentals of the field
Reviews critical technologies and applications
Explains important technology compatibility issues
Includes chapters written by specialists in each area with emphasis on engineering issues and practical aspects
Presents coverage of topics that are unique to optical data communications including:

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The use of optoelectronics for data communication is becoming increasingly important in the 1990s. Much of the base technology needed for this field was developed by the telecommunications industry, but there are important differences that are covered in this text.

This is the first book to focus on the critical technology and application issues that are necessary to understand the optoelectronics for data communication industry, which is expected to grow exponentially during the coming years. Optoelectronics for Data Communication is an excellent reference for both researchers and engineers because it emphasizes fundamentals rather than more easily dated topics. The book focuses particular attention on practical engineering issues, making it invaluable to those who have worked or studied in the field of optoelectronics for telecommunication and are now moving to optoelectronics for data communication.

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High-Speed Electronics and Optoelectronics - Devices and Circuits.pdf

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This authoritative account of electronic and optoelectronic devices operating at frequencies greater than 1 GHz covers the concepts and fundamental principles of operation, and, uniquely, their circuit applications too. Key features include: • a comprehensive coverage of electron devices, such as MESFET, HEMT, RF MOSFET, BJT and HBT, and their models • discussions of semiconductor devices fabricated in a variety of material systems, such as Si, III-V compound semiconductors

 

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, and Si-Ge • a description of light-emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers and photodetectors • plentiful real-world examples • end-of-chapter problems to test understanding of the material covered From crystal structure to atomic bonding, recombination and radiation in semiconductors to p-n junctions and heterojunctions, a wide range of critical topics is covered. Optimization algorithms, such as simulated annealing and neural network applications, are also discussed. Graduate students in electrical engineering, industry professionals and researchers will all find this a valuable resource.

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An authoritative account of electronic and optoelectronic devices, and, uniquely, their circuit applications too. The theory and applications of MESFETs, HEMTs, RF MOSFETs, BJTs, HBTs, LEDs, and lasers are explained. Plentiful real world examples are included, as are end of chapter problems. Ideal for graduate students, professionals, and researchers.

About the Author

Sheila Prasad is Professor Emeritus in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northeastern University. Her current research interests include microwave and high speed semiconductor devices and circuits, and optoelectronic circuits. She has co-authored the book Fundamental Electromagnetic Theory and Applications with Ronold W. P. King and has over 130 journal and conference publications.

Hermann Schumacher is Professor and Director of the Competence Center on Integrated Circuits in Communications, Institute of Electron Devices and Circuits, University of Ulm. He is also the Director of the International Master Program on Communications Technology at the University of Ulm, and has authored over 150 publications and conference contributions.

Anand Gopinath is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He is life Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the OSA, and Fellow of IET (UK). His research is in the areas of RF/microwave and optical semiconductor devices, integrated optics, and metamaterials.


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