Materials for Optical Information Processing: Volume 228 (MRS Proceedings)

Optical information processing may be defined as the processing or manipulation of information by optical means. However, the development of devices for optical information processing continues to be impeded by the lack of adequate optical materials. The optical devices needed fall into four categories - sources, modulators, waveguides and detectors. This book is a collection of papers covering such devices, their fabrication and the physics and modelling of the materials employed.