Introducing Photonics

ISBN-13: 9781316609415 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 174 str.

Brian Culshaw

Opis

A concise, accessible guide explaining the essential ideas underlying photonics and how they relate to photonic devices and systems.

Recenzje

'Brian Culshaw, in Introducing Photonics, succeeds in presenting a wide range of important topics in a clear, concise and effective manner that will be welcomed by students and technical workers. The linkages to real world applications throughout the text, problems and recommended readings serve as an effective entry point into this important field that has changed the world.' Eric Udd, Columbia Gorge Research LLC

Spis treści

• Preface
• 1 Photonics - An Introduction
• 1.1 What is Photonics?
• 1.2 Exploring Some Concepts
• 1.3 Applications
• 1.4 About This Book
• 1.5 Some Related Background Ideas
• 1.6 Problems
• 2 The Nature of Light
• 2.1 Light in a Vacuum
• 2.2 Light in Isotropic and Anisotropic Materials
• 2.3 Light Interacting with Structures
• 2.4 Summary
• 2.5 Problems
• 3 Light Interacting with Materials
• 3.1 Linear Optical Materials
• 3.2 Non-Linear Optical Materials
• 3.3 The Diversity of Optical Absorption
• 3.4 Light Emission
• 3.5 Materials with Controllable Optical Properties
• 3.6 Summary
• 3.7 Problems
• 4 Light Interacting with Structures
• 4.1 Structures with Dimensions Much Greater than the Optical Wavelength
• 4.2 Structures with Dimensions of the Order of the Optical Wavelength
• 4.3 Structures with Dimensions Much Smaller than the Optical Wavelength
• 4.4 Summary
• 4.5 Problems
• 5 Photonic Tools
• 5.1 Optical Systems
• 5.2 Spectrometers
• 5.3 Display Technologies
• 5.4 Images and Imaging
• 5.5 Three-Dimensional Imaging
• 5.6 Precision Measurement
• 5.7 Optical Fibres and Communication Systems
• 5.8 Lasers in Machining and Surgery
• 5.9 Environmental Analysis
• 5.10 Light as a Therapy
• 5.11 Astronomy and Very Large Telescopes
• 5.12 Optical Tweezers
• 5.13 Summary
• 5.14 Problems
• 6 The Future
• 6.1 Super-Resolution Imaging
• 6.2 Photonic Integrated Circuits
• 6.3 Nanophotonics and Plasmonics
• 6.4 Metamaterials
• 6.5 Photonics and Materials - A Brief Summary
• 6.6 Entangled Photons
• 6.7 Graphene and Other Exotic Materials
• 6.8 Manipulating Light Sources
• 6.9 Summary
• 6.10 Problems
• Appendix 1 More About the Polarisation of Waves
• Appendix 2 The Fourier Transform Properties of Lenses
• Appendix 3 The Clausius-Mossotti Equation and the Frequency Dependence of the Refractive Index
• Appendix 4 The Concepts of Phase and Group Velocity
• Appendix 5 Some Fundamental Constants
• Appendix 6 Comments and Hints on Chapter Problems
• Further Reading
• Index