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A comprehensive guide to physical optics, light, fiber optics, and other laser applications
This indispensable photonics and laser engineering resource provides the background in theoretical physics necessary to understand engineering applications of lasers and optics. The step-by-step introduction of information, from theories to applications, facilitates understanding of the complex material covered.
Photonics and Laser Engineering summarizes relevant theories of geometric, quantum optics, and laser physics, connecting these theories to applications in areas such as fiber optics, resonators, and semiconductor lasers. Each chapter contains equations, illustrations, sample problems, and solutions. An eight-page color insert is included.
List of contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; Notation; Chapter 1. Electromagnetic Wave Theory of Light with Applications; Chapter 2. Geometrical Optics; Chapter 3. Laser Beams and Resonators; Chapter 4. Light-Matter Interactions; Chapter 5. Quantum Theory of Light-Matter Interactions; Chapter 6. Lasers; Chapter 7. Semiconductor Lasers; Chapter 8. Anisotropic Media and Modulation of Light; Chapter 9. Noise and Optical Detection; Chapter 10. Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers; Chapter 11. Nonlinear Optics; Appendix A. Background on Hermite Polynomials; Appendix B. Some Fundamental Constants; Index
About the author
Alphan Sennaroglu is currently a professor of physics and electrical-electronics engineering at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey. He leads the internationally acclaimed Laser Research Laboratory.
Summary
A comprehensive guide to physical optics, light, fiber optics, and other laser applications
