Title: Photonics Essentials, 2nd Edition Author: Thomas Pearsall ISBN: 0071629351 / 9780071629355 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 320 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Year: 2010 Availability: In Stock
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An Enlightening Guide to Photonics
This unique book teaches photonics through the hands-on measurement techniques common to all photonic devices. Perfect for students and engineers looking for practical expertise rather than abstract theory, this tutorial does more than explain the workings of photonic applications in standard devices like lasers and photodetectors--it offers worked examples of measurement and characterization problems. Filled with these real-world examples that feature commercially available instruments, this practice-based book enables you to analyze, characterize, and handle any kind of photonic device.
Photonics Essentials, Second Edition covers :
• Properties of electrons and photons
• Photodiodes
• Electrical response time of diodes
• Photoconductivity
• Light-emitting diodes
• Organic light-emitting diodes
• Lasers
• Direct modulation of laser diodes
• Current- and capacitance-voltage measurements
• Optical fibers and fiber amplifiers
• Optical characterization
About the Author
Preface
Part I : Introductory Concepts Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Electrons and Photons
Part II : Photonic Devices Chapter 3 : Photodiodes Chapter 4 : Electrical Response Time of Diodes Chapter 5 : Photoconductivity Chapter 6 : Light-Emitting Diodes Chapter 7 : Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Chapter 8 : Lasers
Part III : Advanced Topics Chapter 9 : Direct Modulation of Laser Diodes Chapter 10 : Optical Fibers and Optical Fiber Amplifiers
Part IV : Characterizing Photonic Devices in the Laboratory Chapter 11 : Measurements in Photonics Chapter 12 : Experimental Photonics : Devices Characterization in the Laboratory