An array generator is an optical system that splits an incoming beam of light into an array of
many 'beamlets'. Such a multiple beam-splitting system is necessary in optical data …

Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are intricately designed devices with the purpose of
manipulating light fields by precisely modifying their wavefronts. The concept of DOEs has …

Reflecting changes in the field in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, The
Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition explores recent advances that have affected this …

Crossover networks are introduced as a new type of interconnection network for applications
in optical computing, optical switching, and signal processing. Crossover networks belong to …

Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Applications in Information Technology takes
the reader from fundamental interactions of laser light in materials to the latest developments …

The authors discuss digital optics, a technology for processing, transport, and storage of
optical digital information. Digital optics offers both the high temporal bandwidth of fiber …

The strengths and limitations of the photonic technology are reviewed, beginning with the
temporal bandwidth limitations of photonic devices and then focusing on spatial bandwidth …

An optical module designed to perform cascadable optical logic using arrays of symmetric
self-electrooptic effect devices (S-SEEDs) is described. The operation of an array of 7× 3 …

This paper introduces programmable arrays of optically inter-connected electronic
processors and compares them with conventional symbolic substitution (SS) systems. The …

A means for losslessly implementing arbitrarily space-variant optical interconnections in free
space without sacrificing optical space–bandwidth product or power is described. The …