Handbook of Optoelectronics

John P. Dakin, PhD, is Professor (Emeritus) at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. He received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Southampton University, U.K., and remained there as a Research Fellow until 1973 where he supervised research and development of optical fiber sensors and other optical measurement instruments. He then spent two years in Germany at AEG Telefunken, 12 years at Plessey, UK, and two years with York Limited/York Biodynamics before returning to Southampton University. He has authored over 150 technical and scientific papers, and over 120 patent applications. He was previously a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, UK. Dr. Dakin has won a number of awards, including "Inventor of the Year" for Plessey Electronic Systems Limited, the Electronics Divisional Board Premium of 1EE. Earlier, he won open scholarships to both Southampton and Manchester Universities. He has also been responsible for a number of key electro-optic developments. These include the sphere lens optical fiber connector, the first WDM optical shaft encoder, the Raman optical fiber distributed temperature sensor, the first realization of a fiber-optic passive hydrophone array sensor and the Sagnac location method described here, plus a number of novel optical gas sensing methods.

Series Preface



Introduction to the Second Edition



Introduction to the First Edition



Editors



Contributors



Part I BASIC CONCEPTS



1 An introduction to optoelectronics



Alan Rogers and Vincent Handerek



2 Introduction to optical materials



Neil J. Ross



3 Incandescent, discharge, and arc lamp sources



David O. Wharmby



4 Detection of optical radiation



Antoni Rogalski, Zbigniew Bielecki, and Janusz Mikolajczyk



5 Propagation along optical fibers and waveguides



John Love



6 Introduction to lasers and optical amplifiers



William S. Wong, Chien-Jen Chen, and Yan Sun



Part II ADVANCED CONCEPTS



7 Advanced optics



Alan Rogers and Vincent Handerek



8 Basic concepts in photometry, radiometry, and colorimetry



Yoshi Ohno



9 Nonlinear and short pulse effects



Günter Steinmeyer



Part III OPTOELECTR ONIC DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES



10 Light emitting diodes (LEDs)



Klaus Streubel



11 Semiconductor lasers



Jayanta Mukherjee and Stephen J. Sweeney



12 Optical detectors and receivers



Hidehiro Kume



13 Optical fiber devices



Suzanne Lacroix and Xavier Daxhelet



14 Optical modulators



Nadir Dagli



15 Optical amplifiers



Johan Nilsson, Jesper Lægsgaard, and Anders Bjarklev



16 Ultrafast optoelectronics



Günter Steinmeyer



17 Integrated optics



Nikolaus Boos and Christian Lerminiaux



18 Infrared devices and techniques



Antoni Rogalski and Krzysztof Chrzanowski



19 Organic light emitting devices



Martin Grell



20 Microstructured optical fibers



Jesper Lægsgaard, Anders Bjarklev, and Tanya Monro



21 Engineered optical materials



Peter G. R. Smith and Corin B. E. Gawith



22 Silicon photonics



Sasan Fathpour



23 Nanoplasmonic optoelectronics



Robert G. W. Brown



Index