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
- Presents modern optical communication formats such as pulse amplitude modulation, phase shift keying and quadrature amplitude modulation
- Connects laser and transmitter characteristics with system requirements
- Provides a summary of every chapter, worked examples, and problems for readers to solve
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Front Matter
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This updated, second edition 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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communications
Book Subtitle: An Applied Approach
Authors: David J. Klotzkin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24501-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24500-9Published: 08 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24503-0Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24501-6Published: 07 January 2020
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 358
Number of Illustrations: 161 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Optical and Electronic Materials, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Communications Engineering, Networks