This Workshop gathered engineers and scientists to discuss their recent research and issues related to photonic networks and their topologies, the enabling devices and applications these networks support. Optical communication, neural, sensor and computer networks were considered. Another part of the workshop was devoted to network components based on optical fibre, semiconductor and organic materials such as lasers, amplifiers and detectors, integrated optic and optoelectronic circuits. Applications in communications, optical sensing and signal processing were addressed, with particular emphasis on avionics, submarine, space as well as office, residential, medical and specialized (captive) services.
Contents:
- Optical Components and Electronic Packaging for High Performance Optical Data Links (R L Soderstrom et al.)
- Integrated Optical Devices for High-Data-Rate Communication (C M Verber)
- Avionic Fiber Optic Sensor Systems (F A Blaha & J Lu)
- In P-Based Carrier Injection Optical Switch Array (K Ishida & H Inoue)
- All Optical Analog Video Distribution System Using Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (E Yoneda et al.)
- Recent Developments in the Application of Polymers to Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Devices (D Haas)
- Metallic Interconnect Technology — A Moving Target (C F Bieber)
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Interconnections (M Osinski)
- and other papers
Readership: Engineers and optical scientists.