Semiconductor Integrated Optics for Switching Light (Second Edition)

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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.

Key Features

Comprehensive introduction to the research literature on semiconductor
integrated optics

State of the art introduction into how this technology is deployed to make
devices for optical communication systems

Software - the Mathematica and Python notebooks which give the reader not
only insight into how existing devices operate but also tools that can be used to
design new devices

Unique and cogent combination of fundamental physical principles and
applications of semiconductor optical waveguides