FUNDAMENTALS OF LIGHT SOURCES AND LASERS

The field of photonics is enormously broad, covering everything from light sources to geometric and wave optics to fiber optics. Laser and light source technology is a subset of photonics whose importance is often underestimated. This book focuses on these technologies with a good degree of depth, without attempting to be overly broad and all-inclusive of various photonics concepts. For example, fiber optics is largely omitted in this book except when relevant, such as when fiber amplifiers are examined. Readers should find this book a refreshing mix of theory and practical examples, with enough mathematical detail to explain concepts and enable prediction of the behavior of devices (e.g.,...