Building on the bestselling, Essentials of Optoelectronics, this edition bears a new title to reflect the dramatic changes in the field. Starting from the principles of photonics and leading to applications, this edition emphasizes guided-wave optics and the devices that depend on it. The book features an expanded applications chapter that explores recent developments in the field as well as additional sections that cover optical amplifiers, tunable lasers, and gratings devices in extensive detail. Due to the timeliness and authoritativeness of the content, this standard textbook also makes an excellent reference for photonics professionals working in communications device research and development.

Photons and Electrons
Historical Sketch
The Wave Nature of Light
Polarization
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Emission and Absorption Processes
Photon Statistics
The Behaviour of Electrons
Lasers
Summary
Wave Properties of Light
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Wave Representation
Electromagnetic Waves
Reflection and Refraction
Total Internal Reflection
Interference of Light
Light Waveguiding
Interferometers
Diffraction
Gaussian Beams and Stable Optical Resonators
Polarization Optics
The Polarization Ellipse
Crystal Optics
Retarding Waveplates
A Variable Waveplate: The Soleil-Babinet Compensator
Polarizing Prisms
Linear Birefringence
Circular Birefringence
Elliptical Birefringence
Practical Polarization Effects
Polarization Analysis
The Form of the Jones Matrices
Light and Matter Emission, Propagation, and Absorption Processes
Classical Theory of Light Propagation in Uniform Dielectric Media
Optical Dispersion
Emission and Absorption of Light
Optical Coherence and Correlation
Introduction
Measure of Coherence
Wiener-Khinchin Theorem
Dual-Beam Interference
Practical Examples
Some Essential Physics of Radiation and Solids
Radiation
Electrons in Solids
Optical Sources, Modulators, and Detectors
Optical Sources
Optical Modulators
Photodetectors
Optical Waveguides
The Planar Waveguide
Integrated Optics
Cylindrical Waveguides
Optical Fibres
Optical Fibres for Communications
Polarization-Holding Waveguides
Photonic Crystal Fibres
Nonlinear Optics
Nonlinear Optics and Optical Fibres
The Formalism of Nonlinear Optics
Second-Harmonic Generation and Phase Matching
Optical Mixing
Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index
Four-Photon Mixing (FPM)
Parametric and Inelastic Processes
Solitons
Photosensitivity
Non-Linear Effects in Photonic Crystal Fibres (PCF)
Photonics in Action
Antireflective Coatings
Optical-Fibre Current Measurement
The Integrated Optical Spectrum Analyser
The Audio Compact Disc (CD)
The Optical-Fibre Gyroscope
Holography
Optical-Time-Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) and Its Use in Distributed Optical-Fibre Raman Temperature Sensing (DTS)
Measurement of Very Short Optical Pulses: The Autocorrelator
Topics in Optical-Fibre Communications
Regimes-Correlation Length
Epilogue And What of the Future?
Appendices
Appendix I: Maxwell's Equations
Appendix II: The Fourier Inversion Theorem
Appendix III: Symmetry of the Permittivity Tensor
Appendix IV: The Polarization Ellipse
Appendix V: Radiation from an Oscillating Dipole
Appendix VI: The d-Function
Appendix VII: The Fermi-Dirac Function
Appendix VIII: Second Harmonic Generation
Appendix IX: The Sampling Theorem
Appendix X: The Semiconductor Equation
Appendix XI: The Formal Analysis of Polarization-Mode Dispersion (PMD)
References

Each chapter includes an introduction, conclusion, problems, references, and suggestions for further reading