Light propagation in gain media [electronic resource] : optical amplifiers / Malin Premaratne, Govind P. Agrawal.
2011
TK5103.59 .P74 2011
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Title
Light propagation in gain media [electronic resource] : optical amplifiers / Malin Premaratne, Govind P. Agrawal.
Author
Premaratne, Malin.
ISBN
9780521493482
9781139008167 (electronic book)
9781139008167 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 270 p. : ill.
Call Number
TK5103.59 .P74 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
621.382/75
Summary
"Over the past two decades, optical amplifiers have become of key importance in modern communications. In addition to this, the technology has applications in cutting-edge research such as biophotonics and lab-on-a-chip devices. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental concepts, theory and analytical techniques behind the modern optical amplifier technology. The book covers all major optical amplification schemes in conventional materials, including the Raman and parametric gain processes. The final chapter is devoted to optical gain in metamaterials, a topic that has been attracting considerable attention in recent years. The authors emphasize analytical insights to give a deeper, more intuitive understanding of various amplification schemes. The book assumes background knowledge of electrical engineering or applied physics, including exposure to electrodynamics and wave motion, and is ideal for graduate students and researchers in physics, optics, bio-optics and communications"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Agrawal, G. P. (Govind P.), 1951-
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Dispersive dielectric slabs; 3. Generic active media; 4. Optical Bloch equations; 5. Fiber amplifiers; 6. Semiconductor optical amplifiers; 7. Raman amplifiers; 8. Optical parametric amplifiers; 9. Gain in optical metamaterials; Index.