Integrated Optics: Physics and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Integrated Optics Devices for Optical Communications....Pages 1-9
Planar Optical Waveguide and Coupler Analysis....Pages 11-47
Fabrication of Surface Optical Waveguides....Pages 49-72
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology I. Propagation Properties and Material Dispersion in Single-Mode Fibers....Pages 73-86
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology II. Silica-Based Single-Mode Fiber Technology, Loss and Polarization Properties....Pages 87-99
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Technology III. Double-Crucible Drawing Technology and Compound Glass Fibers....Pages 101-109
Integrated Optical Receivers for Telecommunications: A Critical Discussion....Pages 111-121
Principles and Performance of Access Couplers for Multimode Fibers and Devices for Wavelength Division Multiplexing....Pages 123-137
Planar Tees and Star Couplers....Pages 139-153
Planar Tees and Couplers for Multimode Devices....Pages 155-179
Integrated Optics Switches and Modulators....Pages 181-210
Planar Electrooptic and Acoustooptic Bragg-Deflectors....Pages 211-224
Ultimate Limits in Integrated Optics....Pages 225-237
Optical Bistability and the Optical Transistor Using Semiconductors....Pages 239-246
Integrated Optical Signal Processors: Design and Implementation Criteria....Pages 247-265
Geodesic Optics: Overview and Perspectives....Pages 267-282
Integrated Optical Spectrum Analysers Using Geodesic Lenses on Lithium Niobate....Pages 283-296
Development of Integrated Optical Circuits in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, the University of Glasgow....Pages 297-315
Integrated Optics in China....Pages 317-322
Coupling Techniques: Prism-, Grating- and Endfire-Coupling....Pages 323-333
The Finite Element Method in the Analysis of Optical Waveguides....Pages 335-359
A Numerical Analysis of Grating Structures....Pages 361-368
Thin Film Control and Microfabrication Technique....Pages 369-381
Light Intensity Noise in Gain- and Index Guide Semiconductor Heterojunction Lasers....Pages 383-393
Optical Single Sideband Homodyne Phase Detection....Pages 395-398
High-Frequency Oscillators and Bistable Multivibrators Using Integrated Interferometers....Pages 399-400
Assessment of Ion Ranges of Various Energies in LiNbO 3 and LiTaO 3 by Waveguide Measurements....Pages 401-402
All-Fiber Single-Mode Devices for Passive Functions....Pages 403-405
Heterodyne Systems for Optical Fibre Communications and a Proposed Electro-Optic Frequency Shifter....Pages 407-408
An Optical Serrodyne Frequency Translator....Pages 409-410
Behaviour of Photopolymer Materials....Pages 411-412
The Dynamical Behavior of a Single-Mode Optical Fiber Sensor....Pages 413-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-420