Encyclopedic Handbook of Integrated Optics.0824724259Encyclopedic en·cy·clo·pe·dic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an encyclopedia. 2. Embracing many subjects; comprehensive: "an ignorance almost as encyclopedic as his erudition" handbook of integrated optics Combining electrical and optical components on the same silicon-based substrates used in the fabrication of a semiconductor chip. Also called "silicon photonics," fiber-optic communications employs numerous integrated optics devices, including lasers, photodetectors, beam splitters, . Ed. by Kenuchi Iga and Yasuo Kokabun. CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. / Taylor & Francis 2006 507 pages $139.95 Hardcover TA1660 Fifty-three international academics, researchers, practitioners, and consultants contribute 59 articles covering the vast field of integrated optics, presenting its principles, history of development, design rules, representative performances, and important references. The collection includes both very brief articles providing only a definition and the principle of operation, and longer entries offering more detailed discussion of technical terms in integrated optics and covering the basic principle, mathematical equations, principle of operation, device fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and testing, and system applications. The text is suitable as a reference work for scientists, engineers, technology managers, academics and graduate students, and as a textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible. for students. The alphabetical table of contents is supplemented by a second list grouping the entries into six main categories, to assist those using the handbook as a textbook. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, diagrams, and charts. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) 
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