Prospects For Optical Instruments Using Integrated Optics And Components

M. L. Yeoman

doi:10.1117/12.960995

29 October 1989 Prospects For Optical Instruments Using Integrated Optics And Components

M. L. Yeoman

Proceedings Volume 1120, Fibre Optics '89; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960995
Event: Sira/Fibre Optics '89, 1989, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Integrated optical instruments and their components are described by comparison with existing technology and the potential advantages of the new systems are outlined. Fundamental problems of material fabrication need to be overcome before a truly integrated circuit becomes feasible but useful advances are being made by combining discrete with integrated components in hybrid systems. A very large investment programme in R & D is underway in Europe, the U.S.A. and Japan. The first products to emerge in instrumental form have not yet had a significant influence on industrial and commercial markets. Future prospects will depend upon improvements in capability, reliability and on cost reductions.

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M. L. Yeoman "Prospects For Optical Instruments Using Integrated Optics And Components", Proc. SPIE 1120, Fibre Optics '89, (29 October 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960995

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