Photonics and Lasers : An Introduction Book

1	Overview	1
2	Review of optics	7
3	Planar waveguides	29
4	Cylindrical waveguides	43
5	Losses in optical fibers	55
6	Dispersion in optical fibers	69
7	Fiber connections and diagnostics	79
8	Photonic crystal optics	93
9	Nonlinear optics	123
10	Review of semiconductor physics	159
11	Light sources	185
12	Light source to waveguide coupling efficiency	215
13	Optical detectors	223
14	Photodiode detectors	249
15	Lasers and coherent light	281
16	Optical resonators	293
17	Gaussian beam optics	307
18	Stimulated emission and optical gain	327
19	Optical amplifiers	351
20	Laser oscillation	365
21	CW laser characteristics	381
22	Pulsed lasers	393
23	Survey of laser types	415
24	Optical communications	453
App. A	Solid angle and the brightness theorem
App. B	Fourier synthesis and the uncertainty relation