Forty seven contributions discuss broad concepts, systems and architectures, devices, and materials, offering both a cross-section and a complete image of current research. Every aspect of this technology of the (rapidly approaching) future is under study by the Japanese, and this volume provides ac

This volume surveys the entire field of optical computing. The emphasis is on breadth of coverage. The book is descriptive, the authors minimize the use of mathematics, and it is therefore most suitable for those who require an overall view of what is going on in this field. A detailed comparison is given of the capabilities of electronics and optics, and the degree to which these capabilities have been achieved is indicated. Other areas of focus include optical computing architectures, components and technologies, optical interconnects, and optical neural nets. Approximately 300 references to key works in the field are included.

A revolutionary technological development of the late twentieth century, photonics embraces lasers, fiber optics, imaging devices, and optical applications to computing. It affects the fortunes of numerous industries and, other than conventional microelectronics, may now be the leading arena for worldwide technological rivalry. While Japan has seen its photonic industries grow faster than any other high technology sector, the United States, where much of photonics originated, has experienced a declining industrial capability in world markets. Why is the U.S. floundering in this critical new technology? Are market solutions adequate as a national response to such massive technological change? After describing the history and economic implications of photonics, this book places these questions in the context of industrial policy debates about the proper role of government in response to strategic industrial sectors. The author then assesses the U.S. public policy response by examining various government programs directed at photonics. These programs add up to an implicit government photonics policy, but one that is shortsighted, incoherent, and unplanned. Sternberg concludes that it is this failure to plan that explains United States' retrogression in a critical technology.

For much of the past half-century, Japan's economic success has stimulated the interest of scholars from around the world. In the last decade, and particularly in the last two years, however, it is Japan's economic difficulties which have attracted the most attention. The very institutionswhose efficacy was earlier praised are now often criticised as being the core of Japan's economic problems.This volume brings together the research of many of the world's leading specialists on the Japanese economy to assess how Japan's distinctive economic institutions have operated in the past and how their evolution in the face of changing domestic and international circumstance s will shape theprospects for the Japanese economy in the 21st century. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of Japan's financial system and the changing character of Japanese firm governance, and to the changing role that government and the legal system play in Japan's economy. The authors find among manyother important conclusions that far-reaching regulatory reform will be needed so that a new rules-based system allowing greater scope for dispersed private initiative can emerge to restructure and regrow the Japanese economy.

By combining optoelectronics with electronics, optoelectronic integration is the challenging merger of many different areas of science and technology. Optoelectronic Integration: Physics, Technology, and Applications presents the basic physics, materials, fabrication techniques, and systems applications of optoelectronic integration in a concise and organized form. Comprehensive and up to date, this book describes fundamental device physics and III-V semiconductor growth and processing; covers the basic design and integration of lasers, photodetectors, waveguides, and transistors; reviews and analyzes optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs), photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and vertical optoelectronic functional device arrays; discusses packaging and systems architecture for applications in optical telecommunications, interconnections and signal processing. With numerous cross-references, end-of-chapter references, and extended summaries identifying key issues and prospects in each technical area, Optoelectronic Integration: Physics, Technology, and Applications is an invaluable reference for engineers, scientists and students working in optoelectronics.