Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, 6/e (Hardcover)

Description

Due to its central role in modern communications technologies, photonics--or optical electronics--has evolved dynamically over the last ten years. Photonics by Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh is extensively revised and updated to keep pace with this unprecedented development. 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.

Table of Contents

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