Integrated Optoelectronics : Waveguide Optics, Photonics, Semiconductors

The English edition is based upon the second edition of the German version of the book. The author would like to thank Mr. A.H. Armstrong for providing the basic English manuscript of the text, his critical reading, and valuable comments. Thanks are also due to Mrs. A. Demmer, Mr. J. Matern, Mrs. B. Titze and Mrs. S. Pfetsch for preparing the camera ready manuscript and the figures. Springer­ Verlag has generously supported the project and cooperating with them has been a great pleasure. Ulm, April 1992 K.J. Ebeling Preface to the First German Edition This book is a comprehensive introduction to waveguide optics and photonics in semiconductor crystals. Interest is centered on integrated optoelectronic devices for the transmission and processing of optical signals. These optical communi­ cations engineering devices are becoming increasingly important for optical disk storage systems, for optical chip-chip interconnections and of course for optical fiber transmission and exchange. The subject of the book is to provide a basic understanding of the devices used in optoelectronic integrated circuits and optical signal processing such as waveguides, couplers, switches, modulators, laser diodes,
and photodetectors.
The description starts from well known basic physical principles. The derivations are detailed and can be followed without additional refereneces. Modern quantum device aspects are included in the text. The results on waveguides,
directional couplers, laser diodes, or photodiodes are of particular interest to the reader since these are the elements of greatest importance for applications in optical data transmission and photonic information-processing systems.
The book contains numerous qantitative examples and, in addition, a large number of end-of-chapter problems. It is written in a self-contained form and provides a comprehensive and detailed picture of all aspects of modern advanced optoelectronics and photonics. The presentation is equally valuable as a textbook for students and as a reference book for scientists and electrical engineers whose interests are in integrated optics, optical communications or optical information processing. Front Matter....Pages I-IX Semiconductor Crystals....Pages 1-17 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves....Pages 19-47 Planar Waveguides....Pages 49-74 Strip Waveguides....Pages 75-108 Coupling of Modes....Pages 109-141 Directional Couplers....Pages 143-173 Electrons in Semiconductors....Pages 175-224 Emission and Absorption....Pages 225-276 Heterojunctions....Pages 277-302 Laser Diodes....Pages 303-385 Photodetectors....Pages 387-451 Optoelectronic Modulators....Pages 453-485 Optoelectronic Integration....Pages 487-508 Back Matter....Pages 509-537