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Photonics in switching / [edited by] John E. Midwinter.
LIBRA TK5103.8 .M53 1993 v.1-v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Quantum electronics--principles and applications
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telecommunication--Switching systems.
- Telecommunication.
- Photonics.
- Switching circuits.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Academic Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- Photonics in Switching provides a broad, balanced overview of the use of optics or photonics in switching, from materials and devices to system architecture. The chapters, each written by an expert in the field, survey the key technologies, set them in context, and highlight what photonics can offer and how.
- Volume II, focusing on systems, includes chapters on multiwavelength switching and interconnection networks; optical code-division multiple access; space division switching; free-space interconnection techniques; switching systems -- time and wavelength division; photonic fast packet switching; and multidimensional switching systems.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Background and components
- v. 2. Systems.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0124960510
- 0124960529
- OCLC:
- 26931928
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