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Nonlinear Optics and Optical Computing

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. S. Martellucci

    1. The Second University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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  2. A. N. Chester

    1. Hughes Research Center, Malibu, USA

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Part of the book series: Polymer Science and Technology Series (POLS, volume 19)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Optical Nonlinearities and Bistability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Theory of Optical Bistability and Optical Memory

      • W. J. Firth
      Pages 3-20

    3. Dynamic Operation of Nonlinear Waveguide Devices for Fast Optical Switching

      • S. Laval, N. Paraire
      Pages 21-35

    4. Optical Bistability in Coupled-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers

      • Hong-Du Liu
      Pages 37-50

    5. Semiconductor Bistable Etalons for Digital Optical Computing

      • A. Miller, I. T. Muirhead, K. L. Lewis, J. Staromlynska, K. R. Welford
      Pages 51-61

    6. Three Photon Ionization of Na Atoms and Related Plasma Phenomena

      • F. Giamraanco
      Pages 63-79

  3. Quantum Wells and Fast Nonlinearities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Ultrafast Dynamical Nonlinearities in III–V Semiconductors

      • J. L. Oudar
      Pages 83-98

    3. Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices

      • N. Peyghambarian, S. W. Koch, H. M. Gibbs, H. Haug
      Pages 99-118

    4. Excitonic Optical Nonlinearities, Four Wave Mixing and Optical Bistability in Multiple Quantum Well Structures

      • A. Miller, P. K. Milsom, R. J. Manning
      Pages 119-130

    5. Nonlinear Optics of a Single Slightly-Relativistic Cyclotron Electron

      • A. E. Kaplan, Y. J. Ding
      Pages 131-147

  4. Optical Computing, Neural Networks, and Interconnects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Principles of Optical Computing

      • A. W. Lohmann
      Pages 151-157

    3. Optical Associative Memory

      • K. Hsu, D. Psaltis
      Pages 159-171

    4. Optical Computing Using Phase Conjugation

      • G. J. Dunning, C. R. Giuliano
      Pages 173-195

    5. Nonlinear Photorefractive Effects and Their Application in Dynamic Optical Interconnects and Image Processing

      • L. Hesselink, J. Wilde, B. McRuer
      Pages 197-213

  5. Materials and Devices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. Ultrafast All-Optical Switching in Optical Fibers

      • S. Trillo, S. Wahnitz, B. Daino
      Pages 217-227

    3. Nonlinear Coupling to ZnS, ZnO and SDG Planar Waveguides: Theory and Experimental Study

      • G. Assanto
      Pages 229-245
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About this book

The conference "Nonlinear Optics and Optical Computing" was held May 11-19, 1988 in Erice, Sicily. This was the 13th conference organized by the International School of Quantum Electronics, under the auspices of the "Ettore Majorana" Center for Scientific Culture. This volume contains both the invited and contributed papers presented at the conference, providing tutorial background, the latest research results, and future directions for the devices, structures and architectures of optical computing. The invention of the transistor and the integrated circuit were followed by an explosion of application as ever faster and more complex microelectronics chips became available. The information revolution occa­ sioned by digital computers and optical communications is now reaching the limits of silicon semiconductor technology, but the demand for faster com­ putation is still accelerating. The fundamental limitations of information processing today derive from the performance and cost of three technical factors: speed, density, and software. Optical computation offers the potential for improvements in all three of these critical areas: Speed is provided by the transmission of impulses at optical veloc­ ities, without the delays caused by parasitic capacitance in the case of conventional electrical interconnects. Speed can also be achieved through the massive parallelism characteristic of many optical computing architec­ tures; Density can be provided in optical computers in two ways: by high spatial resolution, on the order of wavelengths of light, and by computa­ tion or interconnection in three dimensions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Second University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    S. Martellucci

  • Hughes Research Center, Malibu, USA

    A. N. Chester

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nonlinear Optics and Optical Computing

  • Editors: S. Martellucci, A. N. Chester

  • Series Title: Polymer Science and Technology Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0629-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7900-6Published: 15 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0629-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0093-6286

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 285

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied and Technical Physics

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