"… recommended to anyone entering the field of optical computing as it gives a broad coverage to a range of techniques and principles."-Journal of Modern Optics

• 1. Introduction /B.S. Wherrett -- 2. A Short History of the Field of Optical Computing /J.W. Goodman -- 3. Optical Corriputing with Spatial Light Modulators /S.A. Collins Jr. -- 4. Optical Switching Devices: Some Basic Concepts /D.A.B. Miller -- 5. Quantum Well Electroabsorptive Devices /D.A.B. Miller -- 6. Optical Circuits /S.D. Smith -- 7. Photorefractive Devices & Applications /H. Rajbenbach & J.P. Huignard -- 8. Digital Optics /A.W. Lohmann -- 9. Optical Interconnections /J.W. Goodman -- 10. Optical Switching Networks for Communications Systems /G. Parry, D.R. Selviah & J.E. Midwinter -- 11. Present Computer Architectures & the Potential of Optics /K.-H. Brenner -- 12. Optical Logic & Arithmetic /K.-H. Brenner -- 13. Programmable Digital Optical Computers /K.-H. Brenner -- 14. Perception Learning in Optical Neural Computers /D. Brady & D. Psaltis -- 15. Current Technology Trends /K.H. Bohle -- 16 Parallel Computing /D.J. Wallace.