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New Photonics Technologies for the Information Age: The Dream of Ubiquitous Services
Author(s): Katsunari Okamoto (Editor), Shoichi Sudo
- Publisher: Artech House Publishers
- Publication Date: December 8, 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 236 pages
- ISBN-10: 1580536964
- ISBN-13: 9781580536967
Book Description
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.
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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.
