Light Propagation in Gain Media - Optical Amplifiers

Informationen zum Autor Malin Premaratne is Research Director and Associate Professor in the Advanced Computing and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia. He guides the research program in theory, modeling and simulation of light propagation in guided and scattering media. Govind P. Agrawal is Professor of Optics and Physics in the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, USA. His current research interests include optical communications, nonlinear optics and laser physics. Klappentext Covers the concepts, theory and techniques of modern optical amplifier technology, for graduates and researchers in physics, optics and communications. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive treatment of the fundamental concepts! theory and techniques of modern optical amplifier technology! this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in physics! optics! bio-optics and communications. It covers all major optical amplification schemes in conventional materials! and optical gain in metamaterials. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Dispersive dielectric slabs; 3. Generic active media; 4. Optical Bloch equations; 5. Fiber amplifiers; 6. Semiconductor optical amplifiers; 7. Raman amplifiers; 8. Optical parametric amplifiers; 9. Gain in optical metamaterials; Index.

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• Authors: Govind P Agrawal, Govind P. Agrawal, Govind P. (University of Rochester Agrawal, Malin Premaratne, Malin (Monash University Premaratne, Malin Agrawal Premaratne, Premaratne Malin, PREMARATNE MALIN AGRAWAL GOVIND
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521493482
• ISBN: 978-0-521-49348-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Physics, Optical physics, Applied optics