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Winner, 1988, category of Computer Science, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.
Optical Computing provides the first in-depth review of the possibilities and limitations of optical data processing. It focuses on applications and connections to computer science rather than optical devices or phenomena, covering all the main topics and choices involved in this wide and exciting field that is only now reaching maturity. The book includes numerous figures, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography of over 650 items.
Dror G. Feitelson is in the Department of Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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"An extremely wide overview of this area of research.... The author has done a good job collecting and sorting out the work of 20 years.... A valuable reference source."
—Karl-Heinz Brenner, Applied Optics
"This is a remarkable book. Written by a computer scientist, it deals with a subject that spans several disciplines in optical physics and information technology.... It deserves wide circulation."
—S. D. Smith, Nature
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