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Integrated optics: physics and applications
treated in sufficient detail that the reader should have absolutely no difficulty in persuing particular topics in greater depth elsewhere. The editor expresses the hope that 'both active researchers and graduate students should find the book helpfur--in this objective he has succeeded admirably well. The various contributions from all twenty-four authors are well integrated, read homogeneously, and are collectively remarkably coherent! This book is excellently produced, well referenced, and is very good value for money. I recommend it whole-heartedly. I.J. Spalding
Integrated optics: physics and applications Edited by S. Martellucc/ and A .N. Chester Plenum, 1983, pp ix+420, $57.50 The study of the propagation of light in thin film dielectric waveguides, and the efficient optical devices which may be made using such waveguides, began in the early seventies. The field was called--somewhat optimistically--integrated optics, and the initial thrust was to make devices for use at the transmitting and receiving ends of an optical transmission system and to explore the applications of waveguide devices to electronic signal processing,. The early successes--in terms of devices used in operating equipment--were in the latter field. Early optical communications systems used multimode optical fibre, but as integrated optical devices usually require a single mode for efficient operation, it was difficult to marry the two technologies. However, in the
late seventies, single mode fibre was produced and it was found that not only could the anticipated fabrication and splicing problems of using fibres with a small core diameter (about l0 #m) be overcome, but also the vastly improved bandwidth available of single mode presented immediate commercial advantage. So the past five years have seen a rapidly increasing industrial interest in integrated optics. The present book is a collection of review papers given at a NATO Summer School and forms a good introduction to the subject. Prof. Unger gives a theoretical introduction to the theory of planar waveguides and an important device--the directional coupler. Prof. Chartier discusses the formation of waveguides with an excellent review of ion-exchanged waveguides in glass. The monomode optical fibre, a key element as integrated optical devices in telecommunication systems must feed monomode, is discussed in detail by Dr Severin. Modulators and switches made in titanium-diffused LiNb0 3, are described by Dr R.V. SchmidL a leading exponent of this art. The applications of integrated optics to electronic signal processing are discussed by Dr Rihini and Dr De La Rue. An account is given of his numerical methods of solving propagation problems: the finite element method by Dr Mania et al and the beam propagation method by Dr Yevick et al. Overall the book is a useful addition to the literature. The weaknesses are that there is little discussion of propagation in III-V waveguides and that the price precludes purchase by graduate students who would benefit from their own copy. C.D. W. Wilkinson
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Integrated optics: physics and applications Edited by S. Martellucc/ and A .N. Chester Plenum, 1983, pp ix+420, $57.50 The study of the propagation of light in thin film dielectric waveguides, and the efficient optical devices which may be made using such waveguides, began in the early seventies. The field was called--somewhat optimistically--integrated optics, and the initial thrust was to make devices for use at the transmitting and receiving ends of an optical transmission system and to explore the applications of waveguide devices to electronic signal processing,. The early successes--in terms of devices used in operating equipment--were in the latter field. Early optical communications systems used multimode optical fibre, but as integrated optical devices usually require a single mode for efficient operation, it was difficult to marry the two technologies. However, in the
late seventies, single mode fibre was produced and it was found that not only could the anticipated fabrication and splicing problems of using fibres with a small core diameter (about l0 #m) be overcome, but also the vastly improved bandwidth available of single mode presented immediate commercial advantage. So the past five years have seen a rapidly increasing industrial interest in integrated optics. The present book is a collection of review papers given at a NATO Summer School and forms a good introduction to the subject. Prof. Unger gives a theoretical introduction to the theory of planar waveguides and an important device--the directional coupler. Prof. Chartier discusses the formation of waveguides with an excellent review of ion-exchanged waveguides in glass. The monomode optical fibre, a key element as integrated optical devices in telecommunication systems must feed monomode, is discussed in detail by Dr Severin. Modulators and switches made in titanium-diffused LiNb0 3, are described by Dr R.V. SchmidL a leading exponent of this art. The applications of integrated optics to electronic signal processing are discussed by Dr Rihini and Dr De La Rue. An account is given of his numerical methods of solving propagation problems: the finite element method by Dr Mania et al and the beam propagation method by Dr Yevick et al. Overall the book is a useful addition to the literature. The weaknesses are that there is little discussion of propagation in III-V waveguides and that the price precludes purchase by graduate students who would benefit from their own copy. C.D. W. Wilkinson
For your Optics Library.
This new Rolyn Catalog provides you with product information covering your needs for off-the-shelf optics. Write or call today for your f r e e copy.
R O L Y N OPTICS 7 3 8 A r r o w g r a n d C i r c l e • C o v i n a , CA 9 1 7 2 2 (818) 915-5707 or (818) 915-5717
OPTICS A N D LASER TECHNOLOGY. AUGUST 1 9 8 4
INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY 29 CASTLEHAM ROAD ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA EASTSUSSEX U.K. TN389NS Tel. 0424 52511 Telex957489
LTD.r 219