Physics of Photonic Devices
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The most up-to-date book available on the physics of photonic devices
This new edition of Physics of Photonic Devices incorporates significant advancements in the field of photonics that have occurred since publication of the first edition (Physics of Optoelectronic Devices). New topics covered include a brief history of the invention of semiconductor lasers, the Lorentz dipole method and metal plasmas, matrix optics, surface plasma waveguides, optical ring resonators, integrated electroabsorption modulator-lasers, and solar cells. It also introduces exciting new fields of research such as: surface plasmonics and micro-ring resonators; the theory of optical gain and absorption in quantum dots and quantum wires and their applications in semiconductor lasers; and novel microcavity and photonic crystal lasers, quantum-cascade lasers, and GaN blue-green lasers within the context of advanced semiconductor lasers.
Physics of Photonic Devices, Second Edition presents novel information that is not yet available in book form elsewhere. Many problem sets have been updated, the answers to which are available in an all-new Solutions Manual for instructors. Comprehensive, timely, and practical, Physics of Photonic Devices is an invaluable textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in photonics and an indispensable tool for researchers working in this rapidly growing field.
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Table of contents
- Physics of Photonic Devices
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- PART I FUNDAMENTALS
- PART II PROPAGATION OF LIGHT
- PART III GENERATION OF LIGHT
- PART IV Modulation of Light
- PART V DETECTION OF LIGHT AND SOLAR CELLS
- Appendix A. Semiconductor Heterojunction Band Lineups in the Model–Solid Theory
- Appendix B. Optical Constants of GaAs and InP
- Appendix C. Electronic Properties of Si, Ge, and a Few Binary, Ternary, and Quaternary Compounds
- Appendix D. Parameters for InN, GaN, A1N, and Their Ternary Compounds
- Index