Infrared Holography for Optical Communications Techniques, Materials and Devices /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boffi, Pierpaolo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Piccinin, Davide (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ubaldi, Maria C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 86
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Electrical engineering.; Polymers .; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Polymer Sciences.

The aim of this book is to exploit the advantages of holographic technology, namely the high storage capacity and fast access times, in order to implement optical devices for infrared fiber communication applications. The covered methods range from two-lambda to gated recording techniques, all of wh...

Table of Contents:

• Review of Optical Data Storage
• Two-Step Processes and IR Recording in Photorefractive Crystals
• Gated Optical Recording for Nonvolatile Holography in Photorefractive Materials
• Photorefractive Copper-Doped LiNbO3 Waveguides for Holography Fabricated by a Combined Technique of Ion Exchange and Ion Implantation
• Two-Photon Optical Storage in Photorefractive Polymers in the Near-Infrared Spectral Range
• Long-Lifetime Photorefractive Holographic Devices via Thermal Fixing Methods
• Holographic Reflection Filters in Photorefractive LiNbO3 Channel Waveguides
• Optical Lambda-Switching at Telecom Wavelengths Based on Electroholography
• 1550 nm Volume Holographic Devices for Optical Communication Networks.