Integrated optical circuits and components : design and applications / edited by Edmund J. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murphy, Edmund J.

Series:

Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; v. 66.

Optical engineering ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Integrated optics.

Physical Description:

xii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [1999]

Summary:

This book updates the advancements made in the level of achievable integration of optical circuits and components in the last ten years -- highlighting the commercial success of particular devices as well as introducing multiple facets of integrated optics. Written by experts from companies and countries around the world and indexed for easy reference with nearly 800 citations, Integrated Optical Circuits and Components explores factors involved in moving technology from concept to end use...provides an overview of the close coupling between drive technology capability and requirements for successful systems applications...describes the fabrication process and the design and performance of the multiplexer...discusses the creation and behavior of erbium-doped waveguide devices in glass and in lithium niobate...explains the use of silicon in the hybrid integration of optical devices...considers the employment of integrated optics in chemical and biochemical sensors...examines the layout and operation of complex devices such as optical switch arrays and dynamic wavelength routing devices...analyzes the problem of optimal crosstalk in depth and applies crosstalk analysis to semiconductor amplifier switch matrices...includes descriptions of currently available device modeling software...and more.

Contents:

2. Commercialization of Lithium Niobate Modulators / Paul G. Suchoski, Jr., Fred J. Leonberger 9

3. Requirements for Integrated Optic Devices in Communication Systems / Mats Gustavsson 21

4. Silica Waveguide Devices / Katsunari Okamoto 55

5. Erbium-Doped Glass Waveguide Devices / Denis Barbier, Robert L. Hyde 89

6. Erbium-Doped Lithium Niobate Waveguide Devices / Wolfgang Sohler, Hubertus Suche 127

7. Indium Phosphide-Based Photonic Circuits and Components / Anat Sneh, Christopher R. Doerr 161

8. Polymeric Thermo-Optic Digital Optical Switches / Mart Diemeer, Peter De Dobbelaere, Rien Flipse 239

9. Hybrid Integration of Optical Devices on Silicon / Robert G. Peall 303

10. Integrated Optics in Sensors: Advances Toward Miniaturized Systems for Chemical Biochemical Sensing / Rino E. Kunz 335

11. Nonlinear Integrated Optical Devices / George I. Stegeman, Gaetano Assanto 381

12. Design and Simulation Tools for Integrated Optics / M. R. Amersfoort, J. Bos, X. J. M. Leijtens, H. J. van Weerden 419.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824775775

OCLC:

41649593