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Now in a new full-color edition, Fundamentals of Photonics, Second Edition is a self-contained and up-to-date introductory-level textbook that thoroughly surveys this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a logical blend of theory and applications, coverage includes detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and photon optics, as well as the interaction of photons and atoms, and semiconductor optics. Presented at increasing levels of complexity, preliminary sections build toward more advanced topics, such as Fourier optics and holography, guided-wave and fiber optics, semiconductor sources and detectors, electro-optic and acousto-optic devices, nonlinear optical devices, optical interconnects and switches, and optical fiber communications. Each of the twenty-two chapters of the first edition has been thoroughly updated. The Second Edition also features entirely new chapters on photonic-crystal optics (including multilayer and periodic media, waveguides, holey fibers, and resonators) and ultrafast optics (including femtosecond optical pulses, ultrafast nonlinear optics, and optical solitons). The chapters on optical interconnects and switches and optical fiber communications have been completely rewritten to accommodate current technology. Each chapter contains summaries, highlighted equations, exercises, problems, and selected reading lists. Examples of real systems are included to emphasize the concepts governing applications of current interest.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 28 reviews)

Over 20 days delivery by Shenghuei Lu

2 Stars
February 23, 2010
I understand the shipping time is rely on USPS, but the seller should help the buyer to track thei package. Do not reply standard emails to tell them to wait!

Info Rich by Daniel L. Selvidge (Kalamazoo, MI United States)

3 Stars
February 12, 2010
I purchased this book as a text for a grad level optics course. The book covers a very broad range of material, however, there is a shortage of examples and most of the problems are geared towards proving concepts rather than demonstrating applications.

Good book, but by Zhenxing Wang

4 Stars
November 16, 2009
It's a 1991 edition I guess. And a little wear. But for the price still OK

The Go-To Reference by emonger

5 Stars
November 14, 2009
Great book! They assigned/suggested this book as a study guide for the preliminary exams in my Ph.D. program, and it has remained my go-to reference ever since. It consists of chapter-length (or longer) treatments of topics that warrant their own textbooks and graduate classes, but they always contain the most essential information, clearly explained. I have the 1st edition, but it looks like I will now have to order the 2nd edition too. This book is just completely indispensable for students and professionals in the field. Trivia: Fundamentals of Photonics makes a cameo appearance in "Spiderman 2" during a sequence when Peter Parker is hitting the books.

Good review of photonics by L. Jiang (Massachusetts, USA)

5 Stars
March 03, 2009
This book covers many topics of interest and is easy to read. It doesn't go into too much depth on any particular topic but provides a good introduction to each.

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