Abstract
The prospects for realization of lithium niobate (UNbO3)-based integrated-optic devices and modules with applications to optical communications and signal processing have already been firmly established. For example, the planar waveguide acoustooptic (AO) Bragg cells are now widely used in development of Integrated-optic modules for spectral analysis and correlation of wideband rf signals. A variety of channel waveguide electrooptic (EO) devices have also been utilized in wideband fiber-optic communications and to facilitate high-speed analog-to-digital conversion of rf signals. While advancements on the integrated-optic device modules for communications and signal processing are continuing, serious attempts at realization of device modules for optical computation of both analog and digital data have also been started recently. An up-to-date review of some of the device modules that have been realized most recently for the three areas of application referred to above will be given.
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