Recent advances in developing nonlinear optical techniques for processing serial digital
information at high speed are reviewed. The field has been transformed by the advent of …

Semiconductor optical amplifiers are useful building blocks for all-optical gates as
wavelength converters and OTDM demultiplexers. The paper reviews the progress from …

Optical computing and optical neural network have gained increasing attention in recent
years because of their potential advantages of parallel processing at the speed of light and …

Covering high-energy ultrafast amplifiers and solid-state, fiber, and diode lasers, this
reference examines recent developments in high-speed laser technology. It presents a …

Broader bandwidths, denser channel spacing, and higher signal intensities all makes
nonlinear effects more critical to the performance of telecommunications systems. This …

This invaluable book provides a comprehensive treatment of design and applications of
semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA). SOA is an important component for optical …

Julian Jones studied physics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gained his
BSc and, in 1980, a PhD on the plasma chemistry of excimer lasers. After a brief period as a …

A comprehensive treatise on the components and devices of the lightwave explosion
Multiple advances in lightwave technology have led to a veritable overload of global …

The paper reviews the current status and designs of all‐optical gates. Various schemes with
and without semiconductor optical amplifiers are discussed and compared. The optical …

The processing of optical signals in the optical domain is an important issue resulting from
the desire to take advantage of the full bandwidth of the optical fiber. In this paper, we …