Ebook: New Photonics Technologies For The Information Age: The Dream Of Ubitquitous Services (Artech House Optoelectronics Library)

Ubiquitous IT services are just beginning to emerge, yet the time is coming when they will truly revolutionize information technology. Based on groundbreaking papers presented at the International Symposium on New Frontiers for Ubiquitous IT Services, this far-reaching resource provides engineers with a detailed look at the technological developments that are blazing the way to a new information age. It describes a wide range of state-of-the-art engineering advances in photonics, sensing, electronics, micro-mechatronics, networks, and communication schemes along with promising applications that run the gamut from biomedical sensors and intra-body networks to "smart" buildings and long haul communications. For all professionals committed to realizing ubiquitous IT services, this book will prove to be indispensable for confronting the challenges yet to be tackled.