Overview
- 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
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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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
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communications
Book Subtitle: An Applied Approach
Authors: David J. Klotzkin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9341-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4052-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-9341-9
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 285
Number of Illustrations: 132 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Optical and Electronic Materials, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Communications Engineering, Networks