A comprehensive overview of a key element in the established and emerging fields of optical communications and optical fiber sensing. Following a brief introduction to the subject, topics covered incl
Describes physical properties of liquid crystals and preparations of liquid crystal cells that are most important for applications, summarizes basic electro-optical phenomena as a basis for liquid cry
Summarizes the state of the art in waveguide-based chemical sensing and biosensing, drawing mostly on literature published between 1992 and 1995, somewhat to the neglect of the historical dimension of
So while we were all thinking that greased lightning was pretty speedy, scientists and engineers in optical fiber communications and ultrafast optoelectronics have started using, and even depending on
Explains in detail the performance characteristics of semiconductor laser diodes, how the operation frequency of semiconductor lasers can be stabilized, the frequency references for the laser stabiliz
Detailed coverage of a step toward the goal of the perfect switch, namely, the optically activated semiconductor switch. Its potential applications in government and industry are spelled out, followed
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