Light propagation in gain media : optical amplifiers

"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 co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Premaratne, Malin
Other Authors Agrawal, G. P. 1951-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Subjects
Optical communications > Equipment and supplies.
Optical amplifiers.
Light > Transmission.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781139010313
113901031X
9780511973635
0511973632
9781680159905
1680159909
9780521493482
052149348X
9781139008167
1139008161
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Light propagation through dispersive dielectric slabs
  • 3. Interaction of light with 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.

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