Wave Nature of Light
Light Waves in a Homogeneous Medium
Refractive Index
Group Velocity and Group Index
Magnetic Field, Irradiance and Poynting Vector
Snell's Law and Total Internal Reflection (TIR)
Fresnel's Equations
Multiple Interference and Optical Resonators
Goos-Hanchen and Optical Tunneling
Temporal and Spatial Coherence
Diffraction Principles
Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers
Symmetric Planar Dielectric Slab Waveguide
Modal and Waveguide Dispersion in the Planar Waveguide
Step Index Fiber
Numerical Aperture
Dispersion in Single Mode Fibers
Bit-Rate, Dispersion, Electrical and Optical Bandwidth
The Graded Index Optical Fiber
Light Absorption and Scattering
Attenuation in Optical Fibers
Fiber Manufacture
Semiconductor Science and Light Emitting Diodes
Semiconductor Concepts and Energy Bands
Direct and Indirect Bandgap Semiconductors:E-kDiagrams.pnJunction Principles
ThepnJunction Band Diagram
Light Emitting Diodes
LED Materials
Heterojunction High Intensity LEDs
LED Characteristics
LEDs for Optical Fiber Communications
Stimulated Emission Devices Lasers
Stimulated Emission and Photon Amplification
Stimulated Emission Rate and Einstein Coefficients
Optical Fiber Amplifiers
Gas Laser: The He-Ne Laser
The Output Spectrum of a Gas Laser
LASER Oscillation Conditions
Principle of the Laser Diode
Heterostructure Laser Diodes
Elementary Laser Diode Characteristics
Steady State Semiconductor Rate Equation
Light Emitters for Optical Fiber Communications
Single Frequency Solid State Lasers
Quantum Well Devices
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)
Optical Laser Amplifiers
Holography
Photodetectors
Principle of thepnJunction Photodiode
Ramo's Theorem and External Photocurrent
Absorption Coefficient and Photodiode Materials
Quantum Efficiency and Responsivity
ThepinPhotodiode
Avalanche Photodiode
Heterojunction Photodiodes
Phototransistors
Photoconductive Detectors and Photoconductive Gain
Noise in Photodetectors
Photovoltaic Devices
Solar Energy Spectrum
Photovoltaic Device Principles
pnJunction Photovoltaic I-V Characteristics
Series Resistance and Equivalent Circuit
Temperature Effects
Solar Cells Materials, Devices and Efficiencies
Polarization and Modulation of Light
Polarization
Light Propagation in an Anisotropic Medium: Birefringence
Birefringent Optical Devices
Optical Activity and Circular Birefringence
Electro-Optic Effects
Integrated Optical Modulators
Acousto-Optic Modulator
Magneto-Optic Effects
Non-Linear Optics and Second Harmonic Generation
Notation and Abbreviations
Index
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