Nanotechnology Applications to Telecommunications and Networking

Be a part of the nanotechnology revolution intelecommunications This book provides a unique and thought-provoking perspective onhow nanotechnology is poised to revolutionize thetelecommunications, computing, and networking industries. Theauthor discusses emerging technologies as well as technologiesunder development that will lay the foundation for such innovationsas: * Nanomaterials with novel optical, electrical, and magneticproperties * Faster and smaller non-silicon-based chipsets, memory, andprocessors * New-science computers based on Quantum Computing * Advanced microscopy and manufacturing systems * Faster and smaller telecom switches, including opticalswitches * Higher-speed transmission phenomena based on plasmonics and otherquantum-level phenomena * Nanoscale MEMS: micro-electro-mechanical systems The author of this cutting-edge publication has played a role inthe development of actual nanotechnology-based communicationsystems. In this book, he examines a broad range of the science ofnanotechnology and how this field will affect every facet of thetelecommunications and computing industries, in both the near andfar term, including: * Basic concepts of nanotechnology and its applications * Essential physics and chemistry underlying nanotechnologyscience * Nanotubes, nanomaterials, and nanomaterial processing * Promising applications in nanophotonics, including nanocrystalsand nanocrystal fibers * Nanoelectronics, including metal nanoclusters, semiconductingnanoclusters, nanocrystals, nanowires, and quantum dots This book is written for telecommunications professionals,researchers, and students who need to discover and exploit emergingrevenue-generating opportunities to develop the next generation ofnanoscale telecommunications and network systems. Non-scientistswill find the treatment completely accessible. A detailed glossaryclarifies unfamiliar terms and concepts. Appendices are providedfor readers who want to delve further into the hard-core science,including nanoinstrumentation and quantum computing. Nanotechnology is the next industrial revolution, and thetelecommunications industry will be radically transformed by it ina few years. This is the publication that readers need tounderstand how that transformation will happen, the science behindit, and how they can be a part of it.