1. Ingredients.
- 1.1 Introduction.
- 1.2 Energy Levels and Bands in Solids.
- 1.3 Spontaneous and Stimulated Transitions: the Creations of Light.
- 1.4 Transverse Confinement of Carriers and Photons in Diode Lasers: the Double Heterostructure.
- 1.5 Semiconductor Materials for Diode Lasers.
- 1.6 Epitaxial Growth Technology.
- 1.7 Lateral Confinement of Current, Carriers, and Photons for Practical Lasers.
2. A Phenomenological Approach to Diode Lasers.
- 2.1 Introduction.
- 2.2 Carrier Generation and Recombination Active Regions.
- 2.3 Spontaneous Photon Generation and LEDs.
- 2.4 Photon Generation and Loss in Laser Cavities.
- 2.5 Threshold or Steady-State Gain in Lasers.
- 2.6 Threshold Current and Power Out vs. Current.
- 2.7 Relaxation Resonance and Frequency Response.
- 2.8 Characterizing Real Diode Lasers.
3. Mirrors and Resonators for Diode Lasers.
- 3.1 Introduction.
- 3.2 Scattering Theory.
- 3.3 S and T Matrices for some Common Elements.
- 3.4 Three- and Four-Mirror Laser Cavities.
- 3.5 Gratings.
- 3.6 DBR Lasers.
- 3.7 DFB Lasers.
- 3.8 Mode Suppression Ratio in Single-Frequency Lasers.
4. Gain and Current Relations.
- 4.1 Introduction.
- 4.2 Radiative Transitions.
- 4.3 Optical Gain.
- 4.4 Spontaneous Emission.
- 4.5 Nonradiative Transition.
- 4.6 Active Materials and their Characteristics.
5. Dynamic Effects.
- 5.1 Introduction.
- 5.2 Review of Chapter 2.
- 5.3 Differential Analysis of the Rate Equations.
- 5.4 Large-Signal Analysis.
- 5.5 Relative Intensity Noise and Linewidth.
- 5.6 Carrier Transport Effects.
- 5.7 Feedback Effects.
6. Perturbation and Coupled-Mode Theory.
- 6.1 Introduction.
- 6.2 Perturbation Theory.
- 6.3 Coupled-Mode Theory: Two-Mode Coupling.
- 6.4 Modal Excitation.
- 6.5 Conclusions.
7. Dielectric Waveguides.
- 7.1 Introduction.
- 7.2 Plane Waves Incident on a Planar Dielectric Boundary.
- 7.3 Dielectric Waveguide Analysis Techniques.
- 7.4 Guided-Mode Power and Effective Width.
- 7.5 Radiation Losses for Nominally Guided Modes.
8. Photonic Integrated Circuits.
- 8.1 Introduction.
- 8.2 Tunable Lasers and Laser-Modulators with In-Line Grating Reflectors.
- 8.3 PICs using Directional Couplers for Output Coupling and Signal Combining.
- 8.4 PICs using Codirectionally Coupled Filters.
- 8.5 Numerical Techniques for Analyzing PICs.
Appendices.
- 1. Review of Elementary Solid-State Physics.
- 2. Relationships between Fermi Energy and Carrier Density and Leakage.
- 3. Introduction to Optical Waveguiding in Simple Double-Heterostructures.
- 4. Density of Optical Modes, Blackbody Radiation, and Spontaneous Emission Factor.
- 5. Modal Gain, Modal Lose, and Confinement Factors.
- 6. Einstein’s Approach to Gain and Spontaneous Emission.
- 7. Periodic Structures and the Transmission Matrix.
- 8. Electronic States in Semiconductors.
- 9. Fermi’s Golden Rule.
- 10. Transition Matrix Element.
- 11. Strained Bandgaps.
- 12. Threshold Energy for Auger Processes.
- 13. Langevin Noise.
- 14. Derivation Details for Perturbation Formulas.
- 15. The Electro-Optic Effect.
- 16. Solution of Finite Difference Problems.
- 17. Optimizing Laser Cavity Designs.
Index.
After 15 years of development in the field, this book will offer brand new and updated material on GaN-based and quantum-dot lasers, photonic IC technology, detectors, modulators and SOAs, DVDs and storage, eye diagrams and BER concepts, and DFB lasers. Appendices will also be expanded to include quantum-dot issues and more on the relation between spontaneous emission and gain.
Key Features
- Over 270 illustrations.
- Extensive appendices that provide both review and advanced material, as well as details of derivations.
- Consistent notation throughout all chapters and appendices that allows for a self-contained treatment and varied levels of study.
- A series of design examples of relatively complex photonic integrated circuits.
- Example problems and a toolbox of techniques to apply to new advanced details as they arise.
- Accurate and consistent calculations that illustrate analysis techniques, while agreeing with experimental data.
- Complete coverage of matrix multiplication techniques which are more exact, general, and easier to comprehend for modern-day students.
About the Author
- Larry A. Coldren is Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also Director of the Optoelectronics Technology Center, an ARPA Center that also includes faculty at Cornell University as well as the San Diego and Los Angeles campuses of the University of California. He is the author of numerous publications and holds patents in the areas of ultrasonic signal processing devices, III-V microfabrication techniques, and various laser-related technologies. He is a member of several honor societies, received the Best Paper Award of the 1979 IEEE SU Transactions, and is a Fellow of the IEEE and OSA.
- Scott W. Corzine, PHD, is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His graduate work involved the theoretical and experimental investigation of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, and he has authored many papers and articles in the field. He has also contributed a chapter to a book on quantum well lasers dealing with the theory of optical gain in semiconductors. He is currently employed at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, California.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470484128
- ISBN-13: 978-0470484128
List Price: $135.00