Photonic Materials and Processing

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Abstract
Not long ago photonics affected our lives only in the display interface between users and machines. Now photonics is spreading into areas that were the traditional domain of electronics: optical communications, optical memory, and optical interconnection. The trend is likely to continue, with photonics playing a major role in information switching and processing. This progress has been made possible by developing photonic materials with the required purity and physical and optical properties: glass fibers for transmission, semiconductors for lasers and detectors, and nonlinear optical materials for switching and processing. Future progress will continue to depend on improved materials and structures and, most of all, on high-yield, low-cost processing materials.