International Trends in Optics

ContributorsPrefaceChapter 1 Integrated Optics, OEICs, or PICs? 1. Early Dreams of Integration 2. Practical Applications 3. The Name Game 4. Two Integrated Optical Circuits 5. Two OEICs 6. Two PICs 7. Outlook ReferencesChapter 2 Quantum Optoelectronics for Optical Processing ReferencesChapter 3 Optics in Telecommunications: Beyond Transmission 1. Introduction 2. Technology Trends 3. The Evolving Role of Optics ReferencesChapter 4 Microoptics 1. Introduction 2. Classifications of Microoptics 3. Basic Microoptics Elements 4. Applied Microoptics Systems 5. Stacked Planar Optics 6. Summary ReferencesChapter 5 Holographic Optical Elements for Use with Semiconductor Lasers 1. Introduction 2. Semiconductor Laser Sources and Holographic Materials 3. HOE Design 4. HOE Fabrication 5. Applications 6. Interferometric HOE Recording Versus Synthetic Fabrication 7. Future Perspectives ReferencesChapter 6 Fiber-Optic Signal Processing 1. Introduction 2. Principal Features of Fiber-Optic Signal Processing Networks 3. Some Practical Examples 4. Applications Potential 5. Fiber-Optic Signal Processing-Future Prospects Acknowledgments ReferencesChapter 7 Optical Memories 1. Introduction 2. Read/Write Principles and Features 3. Fundamental Technologies 4. Application Areas 5. Developmental Status of Product 6. Future Technologies 7. Toward the 21st Century ReferencesChapter 8 How Can Photorefractives Be Used? 1. Introduction 2. The Photorefractive Effect 3. Two-Wave Mixing in Photorefractives 4. Four-Wave Mixing and Phase Conjugation 5. Applications of Wave-Mixing to Optical Signal Processing 6. Prospects for Photorefractives ReferencesChapter 9 Adaptive Interferometry: A New Area of Applications of Photorefractive Crystals 1. Introduction 2. Principles of Adaptive Interferometers 3. Adaptive Interferometers Using PRCs 4. Adaptive Properties of an Interferometer with Bi12SiO20 5. Adaptive Photodetectors Operating through Non-Steady-State Photo-EMF 6. Conclusions and Acknowledgments ReferencesChapter 10 Water Wave Optics 1. Introduction 2. Linearised Water Waves 3. Huygens' Principle for Two-Dimensional Waves 4. Validity of Geometrical Optics 5. Ray Tracing in Water of Variable Depth 6. Combined Method of Ray Tracing and Diffraction 7. Caustics Created by Devil's Hole 8. Zone-Plate Lens for Focusing of Ocean Swells 9. Speculations ReferencesChapter 11 About the Philosophies of Diffraction 1. Introduction 2. A New Philosophy of Diffraction, Corner Diffraction - The Context 3. The Philosophy of Huygens 4. The Philosophy of Young 5. Diffraction Philosophy Beyond Young 6. Corner Diffraction on 2-D Dammann Gratings 7. SummaryChapter 12 The Essential Journals of Optics 1. Introduction 2. The Science Citation Index 3. Establishing a Set of Closely Related Journals 4. Comments on Individual Journals 5. Index by Citing Journal 6. Marginal and Peripheral Journals of Optics 7. Summary ReferencesChapter 13 Optics in China: Ancient and Modern Accomplishments 1. Introduction 2. Accomplishments in Optics in Ancient China 3. Recent Progress of Optical Science in China 4. Conclusion and Acknowledgments ReferencesChapter 14 Unusual Optics: Optical Interconnects as Learned from the Eyes of Nocturnal Insects, Crayfish, Shellfish, and Similar Creatures 1. Introduction 2. Signal-Collecting Optics 3. Strange Biological SCOs 4. The PAL Optics 5. From PAL Imaging to PAL Interconnects 6. Conclusions Acknowledgments ReferencesChapter 15 The Opposition Effect in Volume and Surface Scattering 1. Introduction 2. Scattering by Dense Volume Media 3.