Guided Wave Optics and Photonic Devices

ISBN-13: 9781466506138 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 564 str.

Shyamal Bhadra; Ajoy Ghatak

Opis

Guided Wave Optics and Photonic Devices introduces readers to a broad cross-section of topics in this area, from the basics of guided wave optics and nonlinear optics to biophotonics. The book is inspired by and expands on lectures delivered by distinguished speakers at a three-week school on guided wave optics and devices organized at the CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute in Kolkata in 2011. An Introduction to Guided Wave Optics and Photonic Devices: Principles, Applications, and Future Directions The book discusses the concept of modes in a guided medium from first principles, emphasizing the importance of dispersion properties in optical fibers. It describes fabrication and characterization techniques of rare-earth-doped optical fibers for amplifiers and lasers, with an eye to future applications. Avoiding complex mathematical formalism, it also presents the basic theory and operational principles of fiber amplifiers and lasers. The book examines techniques for writing fiber Bragg gratings, which are of particular interest for smart sensing applications. A chapter focuses on the fundamental principles of Fourier optics and its implementation in guided wave optics. In addition, the book explains the critical phenomena of soliton dynamics and supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber, including its fabrication process and characteristics. It also looks at plasmonics in guided media and nonlinearity in stratified media-both key areas for future research. The last chapter explores the importance of lasers in biophotonic applications. Written by experts engaged in teaching, research, and development in optics and photonics, this reference brings together fundamentals and recent advances in one volume. It offers a valuable overview of the field for students and researchers alike and identifies directions for future research in guided wave and photonic device technology.

Spis treści

Concept of Modes in Optical Waveguides. Modes in Optical Fibres. Dispersion in Optical Fibres. Evolution of Specialty Optical Fibres. Materials and Fabrication Technology of Rare-Earth-Doped Optical Fibres. Optical Fibre Amplifiers. Erbium-Doped Fibre Lasers. Semiconductor Light Sources and Detectors. Silicon-Based Detectors and Sources for Optoelectronic Devices. Advances in Packet Optical Transport in Optical Networking and Broadband Transmission. Guided-Wave Fourier Optics. Fibre Bragg Gratings: Basic Theory. Photosensitivity, In-Fibre Grating Writing Techniques and Applications. Optical Solitons in Nonlinear Fibre Systems: Recent Development. Photonic Crystal Fibre: Basic Principles of Light Guidance, Fabrication Process and Applications. Nonlinear Optics and Physics of Supercontinuum Generation in Optical Fibre. Guided Wave Plasmonics. Stratified Media for Novel Optics, Perfect Transmission and Perfect Coherent Absorption. Nonlinear Optical Frequency Conversion Using Quasi-Phase Matching. Biophotonics: An Introduction. Index.