Electro-optics handbook / Ronald W. Waynant, editor, Marwood N. Ediger, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waynant, Ronald W.

Ediger, Marwood N., 1958-

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

McGraw-Hill handbooks

Optical and electro-optical engineering series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electrooptical devices--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Electrooptical devices.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2000]

Summary:

All-inclusive opto electronics guide

A valuable "must-have" tool for electronic and optical engineers, this Handbook is the only single-volume, tell-it-all guide to the use of optical devices and light in electronics systems. Developed by a towering figure in the field, this manual familiarizes you with UV, VUV and X-Ray lasers; visible, solid-state, semiconductor and infrared gas lasers; FEL and ultrashort laser pulses; visible and infrared optical materials; infrared and imaging detectors; optical fibers and fiber optic sensors; holography; laser spectroscopy and photochemistry; high resolution lithography for optoelectronics; and much more.

In this up-to-the-minute edition you'll find new chapters on optical communications, electro-optic devices, and high intensity optical fields, in addition to extensively updated material throughout, and abundant charts, diagrams and data tables.

Contents:

1.2 Types of Light Sources 1

1.3 Materials 4

1.4 Detectors 5

1.5 Current Applications 6

Chapter 2. Noncoherent Sources / Sharon Miller 1

2.2 Definition of Terms 1

2.3 Characteristics 6

2.4 Measurements and Calibration 10

2.5 Sources of Noncoherent Optical Radiation 21

Chapter 3. Ultraviolet, Vacuum-Ultraviolet, and X-Ray Lasers / Roland Sauerbrey 1

3.1 Lasers in the Electromagnetic Spectrum 1

3.2 Principles of Short-Wavelength Laser Operation 4

3.3 Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet Lasers 11

3.4 X-Ray Lasers and Gamma-Ray Lasers 36

Chapter 4. Visible Lasers / William T. Silfvast 1

4.2 Visible Lasers in Gaseous Media 2

4.3 Visible Lasers In Liquid Media

Organic Dye Lasers 14

4.4 Visible Lasers in Solid Materials 18

Chapter 5. Solid-State Lasers / Georg F. Albrecht, Stephen A. Payne 1

5.2 Solid-State Laser Devices 2

5.3 Solid-State Laser Materials 34

5.4 Future Directions 56

Chapter 6. Semiconductor Lasers / James J. Coleman 1

6.1 Compound Semiconductors and Alloys 1

6.2 Energy Band Structure 3

6.3 Heterostructures 6

6.4 Double Heterostructure Laser 7

6.5 Stripe Geometry Lasers 10

6.6 Index-Guided Stripe Geometry Lasers 12

6.7 Materials Growth 13

6.8 Quantum Well Heterostructure Lasers 14

6.9 Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers 17

6.10 Laser Arrays 18

6.11 Modulation of Laser Diodes 21

6.12 Reliability 23

Chapter 7. Infrared Gas Lasers / Michael Ivanco, Paul A. Rochefort 1

7.2 Gas Laser Theory 1

7.3 Specific Gas Lasers 12

Chapter 8. Free-Electron Lasers / John A. Pasour 1

8.2 FEL Theory 3

8.3 FEL Components 8

8.4 FEL Devices 14

8.5 Future Directions 17

Chapter 9. Ultrashort Optical Pulses: Sources and Techniques / Li Yan, P.-T. Ho, Chi. H. Lee 1

9.1 Principles of Ultrashort Pulse Generation 1

9.2 Methods of Generation 5

9.3 Ultrashort Pulse Laser Systems 18

9.4 Methods of Pulse Width Measurements 26

Chapter 10. Optical Materials

UV, VUV / Jack C. Rife 1

10.1 Fundamental Physical Properties 3

10.2 Transmissive UV Optics 7

10.3 Reflective UV Optics 16

10.4 Damage and Durability 26

10.5 Fabrication 31

Chapter 11. Optical Materials: Visible and Infrared / W. J. Tropf, T. J. Harris, M. E. Thomas 1

11.2 Types of Materials 1

11.3 Applications 2

11.4 Material Properties 5

11.5 Property Data Tables 9

Chapter 12. Optical Fibers / Carlton M. Truesdale 1

12.1 Theory of Fiber Transmission 1

12.2 Materials for the Fabrication of Optical Fiber 10

12.3 Fabrication Methods 12

12.4 Fiber Losses 16

12.5 Pulse Broadening 19

Chapter 13. Nonlinear Optics / Gary L. Wood, Edward J. Sharp 1

13.2 Linear Optics: The Harmonic Potential Well 1

13.3 Nonlinear Optics: The Anharmonic Potential Well 4

13.4 Second-Order Nonlinearities: X 7

13.5 The Third-Order Susceptibilities: X 9

13.6 Propagation Through Nonlinear Materials 12

Chapter 14. Phase Conjugation / Gary L. Wood 1

14.1 Phase Conjugation: What It Is 1

14.2 Phase Conjugation: How to Generate It 5

14.3 Applications 30

Chapter 15. Ultraviolet and X-Ray Detectors / George R. Carruthers 1

15.1 Overview of Ultraviolet and X-Ray Detection Principles 1

15.2 Photographic Film 1

15.3 Nonimaging Photoionization Detectors 2

15.4 Imaging Proportional Counters 7

15.5 Photoemissive Detectors 9

15.6 Solid-State Detectors 27

15.7 Scintillation Detectors 34

Chapter 16. Visible Detectors / Suzanne C. Stotlar 1

16.2 The Human Eye as a Detector 3

16.3 Photographic Film 6

16.4 Photoelectric Detectors 6

16.5 Thermal Detectors 15

16.6 Other Detectors 19

16.7 Detection Systems and Selection Guide 19

Chapter 17. Infrared Detectors / Suzanne C. Stotlar 1

17.2 Photographic Film 1

17.3 Photoelectric Detectors 2

17.4 Thermal Detectors 13

17.5 Other Detectors 21

17.6 Detection Systems and Selection Guide 21

Chapter 18. Imaging Detectors / Frederick A. Rosell 1

18.2 Photosurfaces 2

18.3 Imaging Tubes 5

18.4 Solid-State Imaging Devices 10

18.5 Imaging System Performance Model 13

18.6 Modulation Transfer Functions 19

18.7 Applications 22

Chapter 19. Holography / Tung H. Jeong 1

19.2 Theory of Holographic Imaging 1

19.3 Volume Holograms

A Graphic Model 6

19.4 Material Requirements 9

19.5 General Procedures 12

19.6 Current Applications 13

Chapter 20. Laser Spectroscopy and Photochemistry / G. Rodriguez, S. B. Kim, J. G. Eden 1

20.2 Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopy 3

20.3 Photoionization and Photoelectron Spectroscopy 12

20.4 Multiphoton Spectroscopy 21

20.5 Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy 24

20.6 Photochemistry 39

Chapter 21. Fiber-Optic Sensors / Charles M. Davis, Clarence J. Zarobila 1

21.2 Fiber-Optic Sensor Transduction 1

21.3 Fiber-Optic Sensor Components 9

21.4 Temperature Sensors 13

21.5 Static and Dynamic Pressure Sensors 15

21.6 Accelerometers 19

21.7 Rate-of-Rotation Sensors 21

21.8 Magnetic/Electric Field Sensors 22

Chapter 22. High-Resolution Lithography for Optoelectronics / Martin Peckerar, P.-T. Ho, Y. J. Chen 1

22.2 Fundamentals of Lithography 2

22.3 Lithographic Techniques Useful In Optoelectronic Device Fabrication 6

Chapter 23. Laser Safety in the Research and Development Environment / David H. Sliney 1

23.2 Biological Effects 2

23.3 Safety Standards 4

23.4 Risk of Exposure 4

23.5 Laser Hazard Classification 7

23.6 Laser Hazard Assessment 12

23.7 Laser System Safety 13

23.8 The Safe Industrial Laser Laboratory 14

23.9 Laser Eye Protection 16

23.10 Laser Accidents 23

23.11 Electrical Hazards 24

23.12 Visitors and Observers 24

23.13 Delayed Effects and Future Considerations 24

Chapter 24. Lasers in Medicine / Ashley J. Welch, M. J. C. van Gemert 1

24.2 Optical-Thermal Interactions 3

24.3 Medial Applications 17

24.4 Ablation 23

24.5 Photochemical Interactions 26

24.6 Photoacoustic Mechanisms 27

24.7 Future Directions 28

Chapter 25. Material Processing Applications of Lasers / James T. Luxon 1

25.1 Material Processing Lasers 1

25.2 Laser Characteristics For Material Processing: Advantages and Disadvantages 4

25.3 Laser Surface Modification 6

25.4 Welding 8

25.5 Cutting and Drilling 11

25.6 Marking 12

25.7 Microelectronics Applications 13

Chapter 26. Optical Integrated Circuits / Hiroshi Nishihara, Masamitsu Haruna, Toshiaki Suhara 1

26.1 Features of Optical Integrated Circuits 1

26.2 Waveguide Theory, Design, and Fabrication 1

26.3 Grating Components For Optical Integrated Circuits 9

26.4 Passive Waveguide Devices 17

26.5 Functional Waveguide Devices 24

26.6 Examples of Optical Integrated Circuits 31

Chapter 27. Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits / Osamu Wada 1

27.2 Categories and Features 1

27.3 Materials, Basic Devices and Integration Techniques 3

27.4 Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits 15

27.5 System Applications 27

Chapter 28. Optical Amplifiers / Beth A. Koelbl 1

28.2 Optical Fiber Amplifiers 1

28.3 Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers 7

28.4 Planar Waveguide Amplifiers 8

28.5 Performance Parameters 8

28.6 Applications 14

Chapter 29. High-Speed Semiconductor Lasers and Photodetectors / Thomas Liljeberg, John E. Bowers 1

29.1 High-Speed Lasers 1

29.2 High-Speed Laser Structures 4

29.3 High-Speed Photodetectors 7.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0070687161

OCLC:

43286566

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