Optical Information Technology: State-of-the-Art Report

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Research in optical information technology in Europe has been very active inrecent years. This volume records state-of-the-art research conducted in

some 22 laboratories who have worked together within EC ESPRIT Basic

Research Action 3199 up to 1992. The topics cover: (1) Active optical
logic and switching devices - embracing new materials, nonlinear and

electrooptic mechanisms as well as advanced device fabrication. These

devices cover the range from all-optical nonlinear interferometer

structures through hybrid optical-electronic modulators to

integrated emitter-receiver structures. (2) The latest state of optical interconnect technology, embracing diffractive optics (binary and

multi-level phase gratings), holographic space-variant elements

and micro-refractive optics. (3) Contributions on optical information
processing architecture and demonstrator projects. The materials

base ranges from silicon to II-VI materials with the realisation of

pn-junction devices in ZnSe. The research reported here lays the basis for long-term progress in devices for information processing.