Kirjahaku

This book provides a comprehensive introduction into photonics, from the electrodynamic and quantum mechanic fundamentals to the level of photonic components and building blocks such as lasers, amplifiers, modulators, waveguides, and detectors.The book will serve both as textbook and as a reference work for the advanced student or scientist. Theoretical results are derived from basic principles with convenient, yet state-of-the-art mathematical tools, providing not only deeper understanding but also familiarization with formalisms used in the relevant technical literature and research articles. Among the subject matters treated are polarization optics, pulse and beam propagation, waveguides, light–matter interaction, stationary and transient behavior of lasers, semiconductor optics and lasers (including low-dimensional systems such as quantum wells), detector technology, photometry, and colorimetry. Nonlinear optics are elaborated comprehensively.The book is intended for both students of physics and electronics and scientists and engineers in fields such as laser technology, optical communications, laser materials processing, and medical laser applications who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of photonics.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction into photonics, from the electrodynamic and quantum mechanic fundamentals to the level of photonic components and building blocks such as lasers, amplifiers, modulators, waveguides, and detectors.The book will serve both as textbook and as a reference work for the advanced student or scientist. Theoretical results are derived from basic principles with convenient, yet state-of-the-art mathematical tools, providing not only deeper understanding but also familiarization with formalisms used in the relevant technical literature and research articles. Among the subject matters treated are polarization optics, pulse and beam propagation, waveguides, light–matter interaction, stationary and transient behavior of lasers, semiconductor optics and lasers (including low-dimensional systems such as quantum wells), detector technology, photometry, and colorimetry. Nonlinear optics are elaborated comprehensively.The book is intended for both students of physics and electronics and scientists and engineers in fields such as laser technology, optical communications, laser materials processing, and medical laser applications who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of photonics.

Dieses Buch vermittelt eine umfassende Einführung in die Photonik, von den elektrodynamischen und quantenmechanischen Fundamenten bis zu photonischen Komponenten und Geräten wie Lasern, Verstärkern, Modulatoren, Wellenleitern, integrierter Optik und Detektoren. Das Werk versteht sich sowohl als Lehrbuch als auch als Referenz-Handbuch für den fortgeschrittenen Studierenden, Wissenschafter und Ingenieur. Alle theoretischen Ergebnisse werden aus fundamentalen Prinzipien hergeleitet. Dabei werden moderne und leistungsfähige mathematische Werkzeuge verwendet, wodurch nicht nur ein vertieftes Verständnis des Stoffes erreicht wird, sondern auch eine Vertrautheit mit Formalismen der einschlägigen Fach- und Forschungsliteratur geschaffen wird. Der vermittelte Stoff umfasst Polarisationsoptik, optisch anisotrope Medien, Interferenz mit besonderer Betonung von Vielschicht-Systemen, Impuls- und Strahlausbreitung, dielektrische Wellenleiter, Licht-Materie-Wechselwirkung (klassisch und semi-klassisch), stationäres und transientes Verhalten von Laserverstärkern und optischen Oszillatoren, Halbleiteroptik einschließlich zwei- und eindimensionaler Systeme, Photodetektion einschließlich statistischer Aspekte, Photometrie und Kolorimetrie sowie alle wesentlichen Bereiche der nichtlinearen Optik.