Ebook: Integrated Optics: Physics and Applications

This volume contains the proceedings of a two-week NATO A.S.I. on Integrated Optics: Physics and Applications, held from August 17 to August 30, 1981 in Erice, Italy. This is the 8th annual Course of the "International School of Quantum Electronics" presented under the auspices of the "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture. The subject was chosen in order to satisfy the demand for a course on integrated optics which is relevant to the expanding use of fiber optics for communication and signal processing. Integrated Optics, encompassing all of the optical waveguide circuits which are the optical analog of integrated circuits, is finding its way into a variety of applications involving communi­ cations, high speed signal-processing, and sensors of many kinds. However, because the technology is still changing very rapidly, the development of these exciting applications relies heavily upon the physics of the integrated optical circuits themselves and the pro­ cessing techniques used to fabricate them. This NATO A.S.I. provided not only a thorough tutorial treatment of the field, but also through panel discussions and additional lectures treated topics at the forefront of present work. Therefore the character of the Course was a blend of current research and tutorial reviews. "The Physics and Applications of Integrated Optics" could hardly be a more appropriate title to be chosen for this volume. Many of the worlds' acknowledged leaders in the field have been brought together to review and speculate on the accomplishments of integrated optics.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Integrated Optics Devices for Optical Communications....Pages 1-9
Planar Optical Waveguide and Coupler Analysis....Pages 11-47
Fabrication of Surface Optical Waveguides....Pages 49-72
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology I. Propagation Properties and Material Dispersion in Single-Mode Fibers....Pages 73-86
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology II. Silica-Based Single-Mode Fiber Technology, Loss and Polarization Properties....Pages 87-99
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology III. Double-Crucible Drawing Technology and Compound Glass Fibers....Pages 101-109
Integrated Optical Receivers for Telecommunications: A Critical Discussion....Pages 111-121
Principles and Performance of Access Couplers for Multimode Fibers and Devices for Wavelength Division Multiplexing....Pages 123-137
Planar Tees and Star Couplers....Pages 139-153
Planar Tees and Couplers for Multimode Devices....Pages 155-179
Integrated Optics Switches and Modulators....Pages 181-210
Planar Electrooptic and Acoustooptic Bragg-Deflectors....Pages 211-224
Ultimate Limits in Integrated Optics....Pages 225-237
Optical Bistability and the Optical Transistor Using Semiconductors....Pages 239-246
Integrated Optical Signal Processors: Design and Implementation Criteria....Pages 247-265
Geodesic Optics: Overview and Perspectives....Pages 267-282
Integrated Optical Spectrum Analysers Using Geodesic Lenses on Lithium Niobate....Pages 283-296
Development of Integrated Optical Circuits in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, the University of Glasgow....Pages 297-315
Integrated Optics in China....Pages 317-322
Coupling Techniques: Prism-, Grating- and Endfire-Coupling....Pages 323-333
The Finite Element Method in the Analysis of Optical Waveguides....Pages 335-359
A Numerical Analysis of Grating Structures....Pages 361-368
Thin Film Control and Microfabrication Technique....Pages 369-381
Light Intensity Noise in Gain- and Index Guide Semiconductor Heterojunction Lasers....Pages 383-393
Optical Single Sideband Homodyne Phase Detection....Pages 395-398
High-Frequency Oscillators and Bistable Multivibrators Using Integrated Interferometers....Pages 399-400
Assessment of Ion Ranges of Various Energies in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 by Waveguide Measurements....Pages 401-402
All-Fiber Single-Mode Devices for Passive Functions....Pages 403-405
Heterodyne Systems for Optical Fibre Communications and a Proposed Electro-Optic Frequency Shifter....Pages 407-408
An Optical Serrodyne Frequency Translator....Pages 409-410
Behaviour of Photopolymer Materials....Pages 411-412
The Dynamical Behavior of a Single-Mode Optical Fiber Sensor....Pages 413-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-420

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Integrated Optics Devices for Optical Communications....Pages 1-9
Planar Optical Waveguide and Coupler Analysis....Pages 11-47
Fabrication of Surface Optical Waveguides....Pages 49-72
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology I. Propagation Properties and Material Dispersion in Single-Mode Fibers....Pages 73-86
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology II. Silica-Based Single-Mode Fiber Technology, Loss and Polarization Properties....Pages 87-99
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology III. Double-Crucible Drawing Technology and Compound Glass Fibers....Pages 101-109
Integrated Optical Receivers for Telecommunications: A Critical Discussion....Pages 111-121
Principles and Performance of Access Couplers for Multimode Fibers and Devices for Wavelength Division Multiplexing....Pages 123-137
Planar Tees and Star Couplers....Pages 139-153
Planar Tees and Couplers for Multimode Devices....Pages 155-179
Integrated Optics Switches and Modulators....Pages 181-210
Planar Electrooptic and Acoustooptic Bragg-Deflectors....Pages 211-224
Ultimate Limits in Integrated Optics....Pages 225-237
Optical Bistability and the Optical Transistor Using Semiconductors....Pages 239-246
Integrated Optical Signal Processors: Design and Implementation Criteria....Pages 247-265
Geodesic Optics: Overview and Perspectives....Pages 267-282
Integrated Optical Spectrum Analysers Using Geodesic Lenses on Lithium Niobate....Pages 283-296
Development of Integrated Optical Circuits in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, the University of Glasgow....Pages 297-315
Integrated Optics in China....Pages 317-322
Coupling Techniques: Prism-, Grating- and Endfire-Coupling....Pages 323-333
The Finite Element Method in the Analysis of Optical Waveguides....Pages 335-359
A Numerical Analysis of Grating Structures....Pages 361-368
Thin Film Control and Microfabrication Technique....Pages 369-381
Light Intensity Noise in Gain- and Index Guide Semiconductor Heterojunction Lasers....Pages 383-393
Optical Single Sideband Homodyne Phase Detection....Pages 395-398
High-Frequency Oscillators and Bistable Multivibrators Using Integrated Interferometers....Pages 399-400
Assessment of Ion Ranges of Various Energies in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 by Waveguide Measurements....Pages 401-402
All-Fiber Single-Mode Devices for Passive Functions....Pages 403-405
Heterodyne Systems for Optical Fibre Communications and a Proposed Electro-Optic Frequency Shifter....Pages 407-408
An Optical Serrodyne Frequency Translator....Pages 409-410
Behaviour of Photopolymer Materials....Pages 411-412
The Dynamical Behavior of a Single-Mode Optical Fiber Sensor....Pages 413-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-420
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