Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles and Practices 1st Edition

This book was needed for my class. It is made of good materials and well constructed. The contents are very informative and helpful.

Out of all the textbooks I have used in my career this one is the easiest to read and actually makes sense at the same time! Easy to read + good concept explanation = Great Buy.

Admirably, the book seems to cover all of the major electro-optic topics: LEDs, fiber optics, solar cells, lasers.I completed a semester course with this book and found this book very poorly written and organized. The professor was very good and did the best he could. I believe the book, as bad as it is, was the best book available. But, again, this book is very flawed.First, the book presumes the read has more than a passing familiarity with quantum mechanics. I didn't. My school did not require quantum mechanics as a pre-req. Maybe my school is to blame, but I don't think so.Second, it was absolutely maddening the way material was consistently presented in the book. It seemed like every subject was presented as follows: broad discussion of the topic and then sample problems in which new equations or new variables are introduced for the first time. I can't understand why it would make sense to the author to introduce a new concept or equation in a sample problem. Initially, I would study a section and attempt to do a sample problem before looking at the solution (as I attempt to do in every course). I quickly learned this was not possible with this book. So the usefulness of sample problems, an extremely valuable study tool, was negated.Third, the book "sloppily" uses terminology and symbols. Some symbols are used for more than one variable. Some variables are referred to by different names (even slight differences in names is problematic). Subscripts are present without explanation.Fourth, the index was utterly deficient. Every topic raised in the book should have been listed in the index.I've tried to be objective in this review. I could feel frustration building up as I wrote this review. I've heard the second revision is out, but haven't seen it. Hopefully it is much better than this version.

Bought it for my Intro to Optoelectronics course, really helpful. Have a CD-rom as it has claimed. However, maybe because it’s an old edition, can’t find problem sets given by our teacher.

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This is an introductory text, and not at the same level as Yariv's books or Rosencher's Optoelectronics or Chuang's Physics of Optolelectronic Devices, etc. However, holding this book will not break your wrist (like Saleh and Teich's Photonics, another good introductory text) and is on a similar level to Saleh, but not as exhaustive. The figures, illustrations and examples are well done and are numerous. Good as a first exposure to a topic. Contents:1. Wave Nature of Light. Light Waves in a Homogeneous Medium. Refractive Index. Group Velocity and Group Index. Magnetic Field, Irradiance and Poynting Vector. Snell's Law and Total Internal Reflection (TIR). Fresnel's Equations. Multiple Interference and Optical Resonators. Goos-Hänchen and Optical Tunneling. Temporal and Spatial Coherence. Diffraction Principles.2. Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers. Symmetric Planar Dielectric Slab Waveguide. Modal and Waveguide Dispersion in the Planar Waveguide. Step Index Fiber. Numerical Aperture. Dispersion in Single Mode Fibers. Bit-Rate, Dispersion, Electrical and Optical Bandwidth. The Graded Index Optical Fiber. Light Absorption and Scattering. Attenuation in Optical Fibers. Fiber Manufacture.3. Semiconductor Science and Light Emitting Diodes. Semiconductor Concepts and Energy Bands. Direct and Indirect Bandgap Semiconductors: E-k Diagrams. pn Junction Principles. The pn Junction Band Diagram. Light Emitting Diodes. LED Materials. Heterojunction High Intensity LEDs. LED Characteristics. LEDs for Optical Fiber Communications.4. Stimulated Emission Devices Lasers. Stimulated Emission and Photon Amplification. Stimulated Emission Rate and Einstein Coefficients. Optical Fiber Amplifiers. Gas Laser: The He-Ne Laser. The Output Spectrum of a Gas Laser. LASER Oscillation Conditions. Principle of the Laser Diode. Heterostructure Laser Diodes. Elementary Laser Diode Characteristics. Steady State Semiconductor Rate Equation. Light Emitters for Optical Fiber Communications. Single Frequency Solid State Lasers. Quantum Well Devices. Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs). Optical Laser Amplifiers. Holography.5. Photodetectors. Principle of the pn Junction Photodiode. Ramo's Theorem and External Photocurrent. Absorption Coefficient and Photodiode Materials. Quantum Efficiency and Responsivity. The pin Photodiode. Avalanche Photodiode. Heterojunction Photodiodes. Phototransistors. Photoconductive Detectors and Photoconductive Gain. Noise in Photodetectors.6. Photovoltaic Devices. Solar Energy Spectrum. Photovoltaic Device Principles. pn Junction Photovoltaic I-V Characteristics. Series Resistance and Equivalent Circuit. Temperature Effects. Solar Cells Materials, Devices and Efficiencies.7. Polarization and Modulation of Light. Polarization. Light Propagation in an Anisotropic Medium: Birefringence. Birefringent Optical Devices. Optical Activity and Circular Birefringence. Electro-Optic Effects. Integrated Optical Modulators. Acousto-Optic Modulator. Magneto-Optic Effects. Non-Linear Optics and Second Harmonic Generation.