Introducing Photonics

A concise, accessible guide explaining the essential ideas underlying photonics and how they relate to photonic devices and systems.

List of contents

1. Photonics: an introduction; 2. The nature of light; 3. Light interacting with materials; 4. Light interacting with structures; 5. Photonic tools; 6. The future.

About the author

Brian Culshaw is an Emeritus Professor of Optoelectronics at University of Strathclyde, having previously served as the Head of Department and Vice Dean. He is also a Director of OptoSci Ltd, and was the 2007 President of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).

Summary

A concise, accessible guide that uses worked examples and end-of-chapter problems to explain the essential ideas underlying photonics and how they relate to photonic devices and systems. It is ideal for undergraduate students studying a first course in photonics, and anyone wanting to review fundamental concepts.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Culshaw, Brian (University of Strathclyde) Culshaw, Culshaw Brian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781316609415
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60941-5
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; SCIENCE / Physics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Physics, Optical physics, Applied optics, Other technologies and applied sciences, Other technologies & applied sciences