This textbook is designed for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students in electrical engineering departments taking photonics, optoelectronics or optical communications courses. This text covers key subjects in optical electronics and their applications in modern optical communications where optical waves are used as carriers of information for local and long distance transmission. This new edition of Amnon Yariv's classic titles offers more explanations of mathematical derivations to help undergraduate students, and focuses more on course topics than on research applications. This book is part of the "Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering" (OSECE).
Due to its central role in modern communications technologies, photonics--or optical electronics--has evolved dynamically over the last ten years. Photonics by Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh is extensively revised and updated to keep pace with this unprecedented development. Now more tailored to optical communication, the sixth edition integrates material on generating and manipulating optical radiation and designing photonic components for the transmission of information. It also presents a broader theoretical underpinning and more explanations of mathematical derivations than the previous edition. The text describes the basic physics and principles of operation of major photonic components in optical communications and electronics. These components include optical resonators, various lasers, waveguides, optical fibers, gratings, and photonic crystals. photonics, Sixth Edition, also covers the transmission, modulation, amplification, and detection of optical beams in optical networks, as well as nonlinear optical effects in fibers. It assumes a background in electromagnetic theory, Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic wave propagation. Including numerous examples throughout, Photonics, Sixth Edition, is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in photonics, optoelectronics, or optical communications. It is also a useful reference for practicing engineers and scientists. New Material in the Sixth Edition BLStokes Parameters and Poincare Sphere: polarization states in birefringent optical networks, principal states of polarization BLFermat's Principle: rays, beam propagation, and the Fresnel diffraction integral BLMatrix Formulation: wavepropagation in multi-cavity etalons, multi-layer structures, mode coupling, and supermodes in mode-locked lasers BLDispersion: chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in fibers and their compensation BLCoupled Resonators Optical Waveguides (CROWs): matrix
Due to its central role in modern communications technologies, photonics--or optical electronics--has evolved dynamically over the last ten years. Photonics by Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh is extensively revised and updated to keep pace with this unprecedented development. Now more tailored to optical communication, the sixth edition integrates material on generating and manipulating optical radiation and designing photonic components for the transmission of information. It also presents a broader theoretical underpinning and more explanations of mathematical derivations than the previous edition. The text describes the basic physics and principles of operation of major photonic components in optical communications and electronics. These components include optical resonators, various lasers, waveguides, optical fibers, gratings, and photonic crystals. photonics, Sixth Edition, also covers the transmission, modulation, amplification, and detection of optical beams in optical networks, as well as nonlinear optical effects in fibers. It assumes a background in electromagnetic theory, Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic wave propagation. Including numerous examples throughout, Photonics, Sixth Edition, is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in photonics, optoelectronics, or optical communications. It is also a useful reference for practicing engineers and scientists. New Material in the Sixth Edition BLStokes Parameters and Poincare Sphere: polarization states in birefringent optical networks, principal states of polarization BLFermat's Principle: rays, beam propagation, and the Fresnel diffraction integral BLMatrix Formulation: wavepropagation in multi-cavity etalons, multi-layer structures, mode coupling, and supermodes in mode-locked lasers BLDispersion: chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in fibers and their compensation BLCoupled Resonators Optical Waveguides (CROWs): matrix