Photonics Essentials, 2nd Edition is published by McGraw-Hill

Photonics Essentials, 2nd Edition is published by McGraw-Hill

30 November 2009 EPIC, The European Photonics Industry Consortium (www.epic-assoc.com) announces the publication of the 2nd edition of Photonics Essentials, by EPIC’s General Secretary Thomas Pearsall. Photonics Essentials, published by McGraw-Hill Professional (ISBN I9780071629355) introduces the principles of photonic devices to a younger generation of students and engineers.

This textbook is an innovative approach to photonics education that targets 2nd or 3rd year university students as well as engineers, who are looking for practical expertise rather than abstract theory. It stresses hands-on measurements techniques common to all photonics devices with numerous worked examples of measurement and characterization problems. Filled with these real-world examples that feature commercially available instruments, this practice-based book enables readers to analyze, characterize, and handle any kind of photonic device. The 2nd edition is thoroughly revised and contains a new chapter on OLEDs for display and lighting applications.

The table of contents is:

Ch.1 Introduction

Ch.2 Electrons and Photons

Ch.3 Photodiodes

Ch.4 Electrical Response Time of Diodes

Ch.5 Photoconductivity

Ch.6 Light-Emitting Diodes

Ch.7 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Ch.8 Lasers

Ch.9 Direct Modulation of Laser Diodes

Ch.10 Optical Fibers and Optical Fiber Amplifiers

Ch.11 Measurements in Photonics

Ch.12 Experimental Photonics: Device Characterization in the Laboratory

About the Author:

Thomas P. Pearsall is General Secretary of EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium. With more than 80 member organizations and 400 associate members, EPIC is the major photonics industry organization in Europe, supporting developments in solid-state lighting, telecommunications, lasers, biophotonics and sensors and displays. In 1996 Pearsall was named Fulbright Senior Scholar at the CNRS/Max-Planck-Institut in Grenoble, France. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the IEEE.

Professional and trade magazines seeking to review this book in Europe should contact Maya Barahona at McGraw-Hill Professional: maya_barahona@mcgraw-hill.com or in the U.S. Bettina Faltermeier at Bettina_faltermeier@mcgraw-hill.com.

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