Now more tailored to optical communication, the sixth edition integrates material on generating and manipulating optical radiation and designing photonic components for the transmission of information. It also presents a broader theoretical underpinning and more explanations of mathematical
derivations than the previous edition.
The text describes the basic physics and principles of operation of major photonic components in optical communications and electronics. These components include optical resonators, various lasers, waveguides, optical fibers, gratings, and photonic
crystals. Photonics, Sixth Edition, also covers the transmission, modulation, amplification, and detection of optical beams in optical networks, as well as nonlinear optical effects in fibers. It assumes a background in electromagnetic theory, Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic wave
propagation.
Including numerous examples throughout, Photonics, Sixth Edition, is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in photonics, optoelectronics, or optical communications. It is also a useful reference for practicing engineers and scientists.
1.. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
2.. Rays and Optical Beams
3.. Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers
4.. Optical Resonators
5.. Interaction of Radiation and Atomic Systems
6.. Theory of Laser Oscillation and Some Specific Laser Systems
7.. Chromatic Dispersion and
Polarization Mode Dispersion in Fibers
8.. Nonlinear Optics
9.. Electro-Optics and AO modulators
10.. Noise in Optical Detection and Generation
11.. Detection of Optical Radiation
12.. Periodic Structures
13.. Waveguide Coupling
14.. Nonlinear Optical Effects in
Fibers
15.. Semiconductor Lasers
16.. Advanced Semiconductor Lasers
17.. Optical Amplifiers
18.. Classical Treatment of Quantum Optics, Quantum Noise, and Squeezing
Appendixes:
A. Wave Equation in Cylindrical Coordinates and Bessel Functions
B. Exact Solutions of the
Step-Index Circular Waveguide
C. Kramers-Kronig Relations
D. Transformation of a Coherent Electromagnetic Field by a Thin Lens
E. Fermi Level and its Temperature Dependence
F. Electro-optic Effect in Cubic 43m Crystals
G. Conversion for Power Units and Attenuation Units
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Amnon Yariv is Martin and Eileen Summerfeld Professor of Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology.
Pochi Yeh is Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
