Optical Computing

Winner, 1988, category of Computer Science, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Optical Computing provides the first in-depth review of the possibilities and limitations of optical data processing. It focuses on applications and connections to computer science rather than optical devices or phenomena, covering all the main topics and choices involved in this wide and exciting field that is only now reaching maturity. The book includes numerous figures, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography of over 650 items. Dror G. Feitelson is in the Department of Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.