Fundamentals of Optical Computing Technology

Prof. Xiujian Li is a professor at College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. He receives his Bachlor, Master and PhD degree from National University of Defense Technology in 1997, 2002 and 2007, respectively. He has been teaching in National University of Defense Technology for 13 years. He has been director of Modern Ultra-fast Optics Lab in NUDT since 2009, and co-director of Center of Materials Science in NUDT since 2011. In 2011-2012, he visited Columbia University, USA as an visiting professor. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and transaction full papers in English (including papers in press). His research focuses on Optical information processing, Silicon photonics, Ultra-fast optics and Optical computing technology. The co-authors, Dr. Zhengzheng Shao, Mr.Mengjun Zhu and Prof. Junbo Yang are all from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, China.

Preface.- Summary of Optical computing Technology.- Semiconductor MQWs Photo-electronic Logic Devices.- Minitype Light Source for Optical Computing.- Micro- and Diffractive Optical Elements.- Optical Storage.- Parallel Optical Interconnections.- Optical buffer and full-optical synchronization.- Summary.