Essentials of photonics /
Alan Rogers.
- 2nd ed.
- 469 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Photons and Electrons -- Wave Properties of Light -- Polarization Optics -- Light and Matter Emission, Propagation, and Absorption Processes -- Optical Coherence and Correlation -- Some Essential Physics of Radiation and Solids -- Optical Sources, Modulators, and Detectors -- Optical Waveguides -- Nonlinear Optics -- Photonics In Action -- Epilogue And What of the Future ?