Photonics Explained Simply

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   • Patrick Steglich, Katja Heise

   Pages 1-4

3. Basics of the Laser

   • Patrick Steglich, Katja Heise

   Pages 5-12

4. Communicate Better: Data Transmission with Light

   • Patrick Steglich, Katja Heise

   Pages 13-22

5. Surfing Better: The Quantum Internet

   • Patrick Steglich, Katja Heise

   Pages 23-26

6. Saving Lives Better: Photonics in Medicine

   • Patrick Steglich, Katja Heise

   Pages 27-30

7. Live Better: Photonics for Everyday Life

   • Patrick Steglich, Katja Heise

   Pages 31-38

8. Build Better: Photonics in Industry

   • Patrick Steglich, Katja Heise

   Pages 39-46

9. Back Matter

   Pages 47-50

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We are at the crossroads of a new epoch: the age of electronics is being replaced by the age of photonics. This book will introduce you to the fascinating development of photonics, avoiding complicated technical terminology and instead explaining the physical fundamentals in a clear way. Based on this, important developments such as the laser and its applications in industry, research and everyday life are described. Complicated physical properties and technical details are explained to the reader in an understandable way.

The authors:

Dr. Patrick Steglich is lecturer for photonics and optical technologies at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau and scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Innovative Microelectronics IHP in Frankfurt (Oder).

Katja Heise works as an editor in Berlin. As a trained political scientist and journalist, she specializes in translating complex technical topics into simple language. 

The authors live together with their son and two daughters in Berlin.

This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Photonik einfach erklärt by Steglich Patrick and Katja Heise, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

• Photonik
• Optische Technologien
• Laser
• Lasertechnik
• Technische Optik
• Optik
• Hochtechnologien
• Optoelektronik
• Optische Bauelemente
• Biophotonik
• Quantencomputer
• Optische Fasern
• Optische Kommunikation
• Optische Sensorik
• Optische Messtechnik

“The book is explained in a clear and comprehensive way. Furthermore, it tells how photonics has indeed revolutionized not only industry but people’s everyday lives. The authors also present the future of photonics, using storytelling-like language that is both simple and fascinating.” (Reva Garg, optica-opn.org, December 9, 2021)

• Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften, Technische Hochschule Wildau, Wildau, Germany

  Patrick Steglich

• Berlin, Germany

  Katja Heise

Dr. Patrick Steglich is lecturer for photonics and optical technologies at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau and scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Innovative Microelectronics IHP in Frankfurt (Oder).

Katja Heise works as an editor in Berlin. As a trained political scientist and journalist, she specializes in translating complex technical topics into simple language. 

The authors live together with their son and two daughters in Berlin.

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