An Introduction to Photonic Switching Fabrics

In response to the increasing interest in developing photonic switching fabrics, this book gives an overview of the many technologies from a systems designer's perspective. Optically transparent devices, optical logic devices, and optical hardware are all discussed in detail and set into a systems context.
Comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated, the work will provide a foundation for the field, especially as broadband services are more fully developed.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Optically Transparent Devices.- 3. Optically Transparent Systems.- 4. Optical Logic Devices.- 5. Free-Space Optical Hardware.- 6. Photonic Switching Architectures Based on Logic Devices (Free-Space Digital Optics).

Summary

In response to the increasing interest in developing photonic switching fabrics, this book gives an overview of the many technologies from a systems designer's perspective. Optically transparent devices, optical logic devices, and optical hardware are all discussed in detail and set into a systems context.

Product details

• Authors: H Scott Hinton, H. Scott Hinton, Harvard Hinton
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780306443794
• ISBN: 978-0-306-44379-4
• No. of pages: 526
• Weight: 939 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 526 p.
• Series: Applications of Communications Theory; Emotions, Personality, and Psy; Applications of Communications; Applications of Communications Theory; Emotions, Personality, and Psy
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering