Optical Electronics in Modern Communications (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Now In Its Fifth Edition, Optical Electronics In Modern Communications Reflects The Latest Developments In The Field Yariv Helped Define. The Changes To This Edition Emulate The Continuous Ascendance Of Optical Communication To The Forefront Of Communication Technology, Evidenced Also By The Change In Title From Optical Electronics In Previous Editions. The Text Introduces Readers To The First Principles Of Phenomena And Devices Used In The Practice Of Laser Physics, Including Applications Based On Lasers With Emphasis Placed On Optical Fiber Communications, And Features Real-life Examples As Well As Extensive Problems. New To This Edition Are Sections On Pulse Dispersion And Narrowing In Fibers, High Speed Modulation Of Semiconductor Lasers, Vertical Cavity Lasers, Quantum Optics, Holographic Data Storage, Fiber Gratings, And Dfb Lasers. A Solutions Manual Is Also Available For Instructors. Known As The Authoritative Forerunner On Optical Electronics, This New Edition Can Be Used As Both A Core Text In The Classroom And As An Invaluable Reference For Practicing Engineers.--book Jacket. Ch. 1. Electromagnetic Theory -- Ch. 2. The Propagation Of Rays And Beams -- Ch. 3. Propagation Of Optical Beams In Fibers -- Ch. 4. Optical Resonators -- Ch. 5. Interaction Of Radiation And Atomic Systems -- Ch. 6. Theory Of Laser Oscillation And Its Control In The Continuous And Pulsed Regimes -- Ch. 7. Some Specific Laser Systems -- Ch. 8. Second-harmonic Generation And Parametric Oscillation -- Ch. 9. Electrooptic Modulation Of Laser Beams -- Ch. 10. Noise In Optical Detection And Generation -- Ch. 11. Detection Of Optical Radiation -- Ch. 12. Interaction Of Light And Sound -- Ch. 13. Propagation And Coupling Of Modes In Optical Dielectric Waveguides -- Periodic Waveguides -- Ch. 14. Holography And Optical Data Storage -- Ch. 15. Semiconductor Lasers -- Theory And Applications -- Ch. 16. Advanced Semiconductor Lasers: Quantum Well Lasers, Distributed Feedback Lasers, Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers -- Ch. 17. Phase Conjugate Optics -- Theory And Applications. Ch. 18. Two-beam Coupling And Phase Conjugation In Photorefractive Media -- Ch. 19. Optical Solitons -- Ch. 20. A Classical Treatment Of Quantum Optics, Quantum Noise, And Squeezing -- Appendix A. The Kramers-kronig Relations -- Appendix B. The Electrooptic Effect In Cubic [actual Symbol Not Reproducible] Crystals -- Appendix C. Noise In Traveling Wave Laser Amplifiers -- Appendix D. Transformation Of A Coherent Electromagnetic Field By A Thin Lens. Amnon Yariv. Rev. Ed Of: Optical Electronics. 4th Ed., C1991. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.