Photonic Switching II: Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting, Kobe, Japan, April 1214, 1990 [Paperback]

The 1990 International Topical Meeting on Photonic Switching was held April 12-14, 1990, in Kobe, Japan, in conjunction with the 1990 International Meet? ing on Optical Computing. It was sponsored by the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers in cooperation with the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, the Optical Society of America, and the Japan So? ciety of Applied Physics. The attendance was in excess of 340 persons, with 18 countries represented - a testimony to the current international interest in photonic switching. This book contains expanded and more detailed versions of most of the papers presented at the topical meeting. With the success of optical fibers there is an increased demand for a switch? ing system that can operate directly on the light present in the fibers. The goal is to reduce the total number of optical-to-electrical and electrical-to-optical transformations as far as possible, in addition to exploiting the large spec? tral and temporal bandwidth offered by such an optically transparent system.I Introduction and Overview.- II Electrically Controlled Switches.- III Optically Controlled Switches.- IV Free-Space Devices.- V Free-Space Switching.- VI Wavelength-Based Devices.- VII Wavelength-Based Switching.- VIII Self-Routing Switching.- IX Space-Division Switching.- X Systems Considerations.- Index of Contributors.This volume will be welcomed as a useful reference work by researchers in electrical engineering, physics, and optics who wish to learn about and understand the recent rapid progress in photonic switching.Springer Book ArchivesNLGPSR ComplianceThe European Union's (EU) General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a set of rules that requires consumer products to be safe and our obligations to ensure this.If you have any concerns about our products you can contact us on ProductSafety@springernature.com.In case Publisher is established outside the EU, the EU authorized representative is:Springer Nature CulŠ