Introduction to Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communications: An Applied Approach

✍ Scribed by David J. Klotzkin (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 289
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This textbook provides a thorough and accessible treatment of semiconductor lasers from a design and engineering perspective. It includes both the physics of devices as well as the engineering, designing and testing of practical lasers. The material is presented clearly with many examples provided. Readers of the book will come to understand the finer aspects of the theory, design, fabrication and test of these devices and have an excellent background for further study of optoelectronics.

This book also:

Provides a multi-faceted approach to explaining the theories behind semiconductor lasers, utilizing mathematical examples, illustrations and written theoretical presentations

Offers a balance of relevant optoelectronic topics, with specific attention given to distributed feedback lasers, growth techniques and waveguide cavity design

Provides a summary of every chapter, worked examples, and problems for readers to solve

Incorporates and explains recent breakthroughs in laser design

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: The Basics of Optical Communications....Pages 1-9
The Basics of Lasers....Pages 11-29
Semiconductors as Laser Material 1: Fundamentals....Pages 31-52
Semiconductors as Laser Materials 2: Density of States, Quantum Wells, and Gain....Pages 53-79
Semiconductor Laser Operation....Pages 81-107
Electrical Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers....Pages 109-145
The Optical Cavity....Pages 147-177
Laser Modulation....Pages 179-209
Distributed Feedback Lasers....Pages 211-246
Assorted Miscellany: Dispersion, Fabrication, and Reliability....Pages 247-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-285

✦ Subjects

Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Optical and Electronic Materials; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Laser Technology, Photonics; Communications Engineering, Networks

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