Diode Lasers

D. Sands

• Editorial: CRC Press
• Año: 2004
• ISBN:
  9781420056990
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Physical Sciences
• Categoría: Physics

The compact size, reliability, and low cost of diode lasers lead to applications throughout modern technology-most importantly in modern optical telecommunication systems. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the principles and operation of diode lasers. It begins with a review of semiconductor physics and laser fundamentals, before describing the most basic homojunction laser. Later chapters describe more advanced laser types and their applications, including the most recently developed and exotic laser designs. The author's intuitive style, coupled with an extensive set of worked examples and sample problems, make this an outstanding introduction to the subject.

Índice

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Essential semiconductor physics
• 3 Laser fundamentals
• 4 Optical properties of semiconductor materials
• 5 The double heterostructure laser
• 6 Quantum well lasers
• 7 The vertical cavity surface emitting laser
• 8 Diode laser modelling
• 9 Lightwave technology and fibre communications
• 10 High power diode lasers
• 11 Blue lasers and quantum dots
• 12 Quantum cascade lasers
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III
• Appendix IV
• Appendix V
• Solutions
• Index