New Photonics Technologies for the Information Age: The Dream of Ubiquitous Services (Artech House Optoelectronics Library) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580536964 ISBN 13: 9781580536967

Publisher: Artech House Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Ubiquitous IT services are just beginning to emerge, yet the time is coming when they will truly revolutionize information technology. Based on groundbreaking papers presented at the International Symposium on New Frontiers for Ubiquitous IT Services, this far-reaching resource provides engineers with a detailed look at the technological developments that are blazing the way to a new information age. It describes a wide range of state-of-the-art engineering advances in photonics, sensing, electronics, micro-mechatronics, networks, and communication schemes along with promising applications that run the gamut from biomedical sensors and intra-body networks to smart buildings and long haul communications. For all professionals committed to realizing ubiquitous IT services, this book will prove to be indispensable for confronting the challenges yet to be tackled.

About this title

About the Author:

Shoichi Sudo is director of NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories in Atsugi-shi, Japan, and was the organizer of the recent International Symposium on New Frontiers for Ubiquitous IT Services held in Japan. He is also the coauthor of Frequency Stabilization of Semiconductor Laser Diodes (Artech House, 1995).

Katsunari Okamoto is director of Okamoto Laboratory Ltd. in Mito, Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Artech House Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1580536964
• ISBN 13: 9781580536967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Okamoto Katsunari, Sudo Shoichi