Elements of Photonics, 2 Volume Set (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics)


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Volume I:* Provides a particularly good discussion of the electromagnetics of light in bounded media
* Only book that treats the two complementary topics, fiber and integrated optics
* Careful and thorough presentation of the topics that makes it well suited for courses and self study
* Includes numerous problems and solutions
Volume II:
* Provides a particularly good discussion of the electromagnetics of light in bounded media (i.e., fibers)
* the only book that treats the two complementary topics, fiber and integrated optics.
* A careful and thorough presentation of the topics that make it well suited for self-study. It includes numerous problems and worked out solutions
Elements of Photonics, 2 Volume Set (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) Review
In sixteen chapters in two volumes, "Elements of Photonics" by KeigoIizuka exhibits his passion for teaching the facts about light, the
devices with which one controls it, and the mathematics by which to
express its behavior. The book has careful definitions and step by
step explanations beautifully illustrated. It builds its mathematical
parts on a basic knowledge of Maxwell's equations and the Fourier
transform which the reader is assumed to possess; however, the
mathematical exposition never loses touch with the laboratory, and
explanations in terms of basic geometry are offered side by side with
the more mathematical exposition.A great strength of the book is the definition of terms one finds
in the photonics literature. Another is that many topics
are presented from both a simple geometric point of view and
a more mathematical point of view, so the reader can choose
how to learn. A third is the wealth of superb drawings and diagrams.The author's preface gives a helpful orientation and the index is
complete and well organized as an aid to using the book as a reference
book.When I tried using the book to learn about lithium niobate phase
shifters I found the explanation so good that I started using
"Elements of Photonics" as the first place to resolve the
many mysteries that I encounter in working my way into photonics.So far it has exceeded my expectations on three out four other topics
that I tried. While the field of photonics offers quantum effects and
complex interferometers omitted in this book, for a foundation in
photonics "Elements of Photonics" is head and shoulders the best
available.
The chapters are in volume I are:
Fourier Optics: concepts and applications.
Boundaries, near-field optics, and near-field imaging.
Fabry-Perot resonators, beams, and radiation pressure,
Propagation of light in anisotropic crystals
Optical properties of crystals under various external fieldsPolarization of light
How to construct and use the Poincare sphere
Phase conjugate opticsVolume II contains:
Planar optical guides for integrated optics
Optical waveguides and devices for integrated optics
Modes and dispersion in optical fibers
Detecting light
Optical amplifiers
Transmitters
Stationary and solitary solutions in a nonlinear medium
Communicating by fiber optics;In addition, there are three appendices:
PIN photodiode on an atomic scale
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