Fundamentals of Photonics (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) |  | Authors: Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Edition: 2
Pages: 1200
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.8
ISBN: 0471358320
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.36
EAN: 9780471358329
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Now in a new full-color edition, Fundamentals of Photonics, Second Edition is a self-contained and up-to-date introductory-level textbook that thoroughly surveys this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a logical blend of theory and applications, coverage includes detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and photon optics, as well as the interaction of photons and atoms, and semiconductor optics. Presented at increasing levels of complexity, preliminary sections build toward more advanced topics,
such as Fourier optics and holography, guided-wave and fiber optics, semiconductor sources and detectors, electro-optic and acousto-optic devices, nonlinear optical devices, optical interconnects and switches, and optical fiber communications. Each of the twenty-two chapters of the first edition has been thoroughly updated. The Second Edition also features entirely new chapters on photonic-crystal optics (including multilayer and periodic media, waveguides, holey fibers, and resonators) and ultrafast optics (including femtosecond optical pulses, ultrafast nonlinear optics, and optical solitons). The chapters on optical interconnects and switches and optical fiber communications have been completely rewritten to accommodate current technology. Each chapter contains summaries, highlighted equations, exercises, problems, and selected reading lists. Examples of real systems are included to emphasize the concepts governing applications of current interest.
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 The best optoelectronics book I know. August 11, 1998
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Excellent book for optoelectronics! It is written such a practical manner that it is easy to use both for studying and handbook. The level is deeper than Hecht's "Optics" but not so deep than Born&Wolf's "Principles of Optics". I recommend this book for everybody who research or studies optoelectronics. I like also the problems, although they are difficult, but they are just like 'real' problems what arise in research. Also, good reference lists after each chapter are great!
Best overview of photonics January 16, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Very well-written overview of the major topics of photonics. Excellent mix of theory and practical applications. I particularly like the book's structure, taking the reader logically through the sequence of geometric, wave, electromagnetic, and quantum optics. There is nothing superfluous in this book - its 900 pages are packed with useful information. It's written in an incredibly precise and error-free manner.
Modern and practical optics for the masses May 25, 2001
Andrés C. Gaeris (San Diego CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is one of the best investments a physicist can do, it is worth every penny and then some. Not being a formally trained optical physicist, but working in a field--Laser-Plasma Interactions--in which I am exposed heavily to practical problems in Optics everyday, Saleh & Teich's book has come to the rescue plenty of times--Gaussian optics, beam propagation, phase conjugation, interferometry, fibers, reflectivity, you name it. It not only combines clearly and thoroughly the what's and why's but also the how-to's, in a way that no other book can do. If you can afford only one Optics' book, this is the one in which to spend your money. And keep it in a safe place, because all your coworkers will borrow it endlessly, and they will be asking if you are leaving the book with them when you change workplaces...
One of the best books in this field May 23, 2005
O. Akin (TX)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I think that this book is one ofthe best books in the field. Amnon Yariv, undoubtedly is one of the leaders in this research field as a Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, but his books simply suck, they look like they are written after a tea in an evening, having gathered together some articles and then cut-paste in an emergency situation. Saleh and Teich on the other hand starts from the very basics, geometrical optics, and their unique view takes the reader all the way down to fiber optics. This is one of the best books of course. As to its nature as a dictionary more than a textbook, I think this is true in a sense, but this is modern optoelectronics, what do you expect? One has to follow the references too, then it is a complete resource. For those who find this book incomprehensible, I would suggest them to take look at Born & Wolf, that is the definition of "Incomprehensible" in optics. As an undergraduate or an early graduate text book, Saleh & Teich is simply the best. Well, still, I would recommend to take an opportunity to read Yariv`s books too, after all he is one of the best in research, though not in presentation ofthe material.
excellent book for research in optics and lasers December 25, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is excellent in the field of optoelectronice. The references are great. I am a graduate student in Engineering physics and doing my research in optoelectronic devices. Any one doing research in lasers, this book is an excellent source.
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