UID:
almahu_9949112417502882
Format:
1 online resource (various pagings) :
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illustrations (some color).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780750335195
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9780750335188
Series Statement:
IOP ebooks. [2021 collection]
Content:
Semiconductor Integrated Optics for Switching Light (Second Edition) provides concise description of the physics and engineering of semiconductor optical waveguides for photonic and electronic switching with a focus on optical communication applications. It provides Python notebooks that illustrate the concepts discussed in the book. The book includes the following topics: linear and nonlinear optics, linear electro-optic effect electroabsorption and electrorefraction, nonlinear refraction, nonlinear optical devices.
Note:
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.
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1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Switching -- 1.3. Linear optics : response theory and the Kramers-Kronig transformation -- 1.4. Nonlinear optics -- 1.5. Integrated optics--semiconductor optical waveguides -- 1.6. Outline of book
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2. Linear electro-optic effect, electroabsorption and electrorefraction -- 2.1. Dielectricifcation : linear electro-optic effect, electrorefraction and electroabsorption -- 2.2. Electroabsorption and electrorefraction effects -- 2.3. The electroabsorption modulator (EAM) -- 2.4. Electro-refractive modulators -- 2.5. The Franz-Keldysh effect in a vacuum! -- 2.6. Conclusion
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3. Nonlinear refraction : second- and third-order optical nonlinearities -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Cascade second-order optical nonlinearity nonlinear phase change -- 3.3. Two-photon effects -- 3.4. Conclusions
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4. Nonlinear optical devices -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The cascade second order optical switch--the push-pull switch -- 4.3. AlGaAs optical waveguides for n2 switching -- 4.4. The nonlinear directional coupler -- 4.5. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer switch operating with n2 -- 4.6. Conclusions
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5. Semiconductor optical amplifiers -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Basics of semiconductor optical amplifiers -- 5.3. Measurement of forward and reverse bias optical properties of semiconductors -- 5.4. The dynamics of semiconductor optical amplifiers -- 5.5. Conclusions
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6. Conclusions -- 6.1. Discussion -- 6.2. Quantum effects -- 6.3. Future prospects.
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780750335171
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780750335201
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1088/978-0-7503-3519-5
URL:
https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-3519-5
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