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For one-semester, undergraduate-level courses in Optoelectronics and Photonics, in the departments of electrical engineering, engineering physics, and materials science and engineering.   This text takes a fresh look at the enormous developments in electo-optic devices and associated materials—such as Pockels (Lithium Niobate) modulators.   The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Optoelectronics & Photonics:Principles & Practices: International Edition

• Contents


• Chapter 1 Wave Nature of Light


• 1.1 Light Waves in a Homogeneous Medium


• A. Plane Electromagnetic Wave


• B. Maxwell?s Wave Equation and Diverging Waves


• Example 1.1.1 A diverging laser beam


• 1.2 Refractive Index and Dispersion


• Example 1.2.1 Sellmeier equation and diamond


• Example 1.2.2 Cauchy equation and diamond


• 1.3 Group Velocity and Group Index


• Example 1.3.1 Group velocity


• Example 1.3.2 Group velocity and index


• Example 1.3.3 Group and phase velocities


• 1.4 Magnetic Field, Irradiance, and Poynting Vector


• Example 1.4.1 Electric and magnetic fields in light


• Example 1.4.2 Power and irradiance of a Gaussian beam


• 1.5 Snell?s Law and Total Internal Reflection (TIR)


• Example 1.5.1 Beam displacement


• 1.6 Fresnel?s Equations


• A. Amplitude Reflection and Transmission Coefficients (r and t )


• B. Intensity, Reflectance, and Transmittance


• C. Goos-Hänchen Shift and Optical Tunneling


• Example 1.6.1 Reflection of light from a less dense medium (internal reflection)


• Example 1.6.2 Reflection at normal incidence, and internal and external reflection


• Example 1.6.3 Reflection and transmission at the Brewster angle


• 1.7 Antireflection Coatings and Dielectric Mirrors


• A. Antireflection Coatings on Photodetectors and Solar Cells


• Example 1.7.1 Antireflection coating on a photodetector


• B. Dielectric Mirrors and Bragg Reflectors


• Example 1.7.2 Dielectric mirror


• 1.8 Absorption of Light and Complex Refractive Index


• Example 1.8.1 Complex refractive index of InP


• Example 1.8.2 Reflectance of CdTe around resonance absorption


• 1.9 Temporal and Spatial Coherence


• Example 1.9.1 Coherence length of LED light


• 1.10 Superposition and Interference of Waves


• 1.11 Multiple Interference and Opt