Updates the advancements made in the level of achievable integration of optical circuits and components in the last ten years, highlighting the commercial success of particular devices. Much of the focus is on communication systems. The 11 chapters discuss commercialization of lithium niobate modulators, requirements for integrated optic devices in communication, silica waveguide devices, erbium-doped glass waveguide devices, erbium-doped lithium niobate waveguide devices, indium phosphide-based photonic circuits and components, polymeric thermo-optic digital optical switches, hybrid integration of optical devices on silicon, miniaturized systems for chemical biochemical sensing, nonlinear integrated optical devices, and design and simulation tools for integrated optics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
