TY - BOOK AU - Sennaroglu,Alphan TI - Photonics and laser engineering: principles, devices, and applications SN - 9780071606080 (alk. paper) AV - TA1520 .S46 2010 U1 - 621.36 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Photonics KW - Lasers N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notation; Chapter 1. Electromagnetic Wave Theory of Light with Applications; Chapter 2. Geometrical Optics; Chapter 3. Laser Beams and Resonators; Chapter 4. Light-Matter Interactions; Chapter 5. Quantum Theory of Light-Matter Interactions; Chapter 6. Lasers; Chapter 7. Semiconductor Lasers; Chapter 8. Anisotropic Media and Modulation of Light; Chapter 9. Noise and Optical Detection; Chapter 10. Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers; Chapter 11. Nonlinear Optics; Appendix A. Background on Hermite Polynomials; Appendix B. Some Fundamental Constants; Index N2 - A comprehensive guide to physical optics, light, fiber optics, and other laser applications ER -