Photonics and lasers
Quimby, Richard S.
Photonics and lasers An introduction / Richard S. Quimby - New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, 2006 - xii, 519 p.
Includes appendices, lists of symbols and index
1. P1: Propagation of light
2. Overview
3. Review of optics
4. Planar waveguides
5. Cylindrical waveguides
6. Losses in optical fibers
7. Dispersion in optical fibers
8. Fiber connections and diagnostics
9. Photonic crystal optics
10. Nonlinear optics
11. P2: Generation and detection of light
12. Review of semiconductor physics
13. Light sources
14. Light source to waveguide coupling efficiency
15. Optical detectors
16. Photodiode detectors
17. P3: Laser light
18. Lasers and coherent light
19. Optical resonators
20. Gaussian beam optics
21. Simulated emission and optical gain
22. Optical amplifiers
23. Laser oscillation
24. CW laser characteristics
25. Pulsed lasers
26. Survey of laser type
27. P4: Light-based communication
28. Optical communications
9780471719748
Applied Physics-Technology-Photonics-Lasers-
621.36 / Q418
Photonics and lasers An introduction / Richard S. Quimby - New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, 2006 - xii, 519 p.
Includes appendices, lists of symbols and index
1. P1: Propagation of light
2. Overview
3. Review of optics
4. Planar waveguides
5. Cylindrical waveguides
6. Losses in optical fibers
7. Dispersion in optical fibers
8. Fiber connections and diagnostics
9. Photonic crystal optics
10. Nonlinear optics
11. P2: Generation and detection of light
12. Review of semiconductor physics
13. Light sources
14. Light source to waveguide coupling efficiency
15. Optical detectors
16. Photodiode detectors
17. P3: Laser light
18. Lasers and coherent light
19. Optical resonators
20. Gaussian beam optics
21. Simulated emission and optical gain
22. Optical amplifiers
23. Laser oscillation
24. CW laser characteristics
25. Pulsed lasers
26. Survey of laser type
27. P4: Light-based communication
28. Optical communications
9780471719748
Applied Physics-Technology-Photonics-Lasers-
621.36 / Q418
