Photonics: A Short Course 2nd Edition

Book Name: Photonics: A Short Course 2nd Edition
Author: Vittorio Degiorgio, Ilaria Cristiani (auth.)
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-20626-4,978-3-319-20627-1
Year: 2016
Pages: 253
Language: English
File size: 7 Mb
File format: PDF

Photonics: A Short Course 2nd Edition Pdf Book Description:

This revised and extended edition will act as a concise, self-evident, up-to-date introduction to Photonics for undergraduate students. In addition, it can be applied as a primer by professionals and researchers who begin working in the area. Blending theory with technical descriptions, the book covers a vast array of subjects, including the overall mechanism of laser activity, constant and pulsed laser surgery, optical propagation in isotropic and anisotropic media, working principles and construction of passive optical elements, electro-optic and acousto-optic modulation, solid-state lasers, semiconductor lasers and LEDs, nonlinear optical phenomena, along with optical fiber components and apparatus.

The publication concludes with a summary of programs, such as optical communications, telemetry and sensing, industrial and biomedical applications, solid-state lighting, screens, and photovoltaics. This second edition contains a set of issues in the end of all but the final thing. These issues deal with numerical computations created to illustrate that the magnitudes of significant amounts and are also meant to check the student’s capacity to apply theoretical formulas.