Computational Photonics

by Wartak, Marek S.

• ISBN13: 9781107005525
• ISBN10: 1107005523
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-25
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

A comprehensive manual on the efficient modeling and analysis of photonic devices through building numerical codes, this book provides graduate students and researchers with the theoretical background and MATLAB programs necessary for them to start their own numerical experiments. Beginning by summarizing topics in optics and electromagnetism, the book discusses optical planar waveguides, linear optical fiber, the propagation of linear pulses, laser diodes, optical amplifiers, optical receivers, finite-difference time-domain method, beam propagation method and some wavelength division devices, solitons, solar cells and metamaterials. Assuming only a basic knowledge of physics and numerical methods, the book is ideal for engineers, physicists and practising scientists. It concentrates on the operating principles of optical devices, as well as the models and numerical methods used to describe them.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Basic facts from optics

Basic facts from electromagnetism

Slab waveguides

Linear optical fibre and signal degradation

Propagation of linear pulses

Optical sources

Optical amplifiers and EDFA

Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA)

Optical receivers

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) formulation

Solar cells

Metamaterials

Appendices

Index

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