Advanced Photonic Sciences

The new emerging field of photonics has significantly attracted the interest of many societies, professionals and researchers around the world. The great importance of this field is due to its applicability and possible utilization in almost all scientific and industrial areas. This book presents some advanced research topics in photonics. It consists of 16 chapters organized into three sections: Integrated Photonics, Photonic Materials and Photonic Applications. It can be said that this book is a good contribution for paving the way for further innovations in photonic technology. The chapters have been written and reviewed by well-experienced researchers in their fields. In their contributions they demonstrated the most profound knowledge and expertise for interested individuals in this expanding field. The book will be a good reference for experienced professionals, academics and researchers as well as young researchers only starting their carrier in this field.

The book focuses on photonic devices and systems for space applications and critically reviews the most promising research advances in the field of photonic technologies, which may have a significant impact on the performance of space systems.Photonics is emerging as a crucial enabling technology having the potential of enhancing many space systems, including the links for on-board data handling, the high-resolution measurement systems, and the processing units. The book discusses this subject with a special emphasis on the new guided-wave devices with high performance, low cost and size.Most of the scientific content of the book is novel and it is devoted to academic and industrial researchers working on the field.

The new emerging field of photonics has significantly attracted the interest of many societies, professionals and researchers around the world. The great importance of this field is due to its applicability and possible utilization in almost all scientific and industrial areas. This book presents some advanced research topics in photonics. It consists of 16 chapters organized into three sections: Integrated Photonics, Photonic Materials and Photonic Applications. It can be said that this book is a good contribution for paving the way for further innovations in photonic technology. The chapters have been written and reviewed by well-experienced researchers in their fields. In their contributions they demonstrated the most profound knowledge and expertise for interested individuals in this expanding field. The book will be a good reference for experienced professionals, academics and researchers as well as young researchers only starting their carrier in this field.

Presenting a blend of applied and fundamental research in highly interdisciplinary subjects of rapidly developing areas, this book contains contributions on the frontiers and hot topics of laser physics, laser technology and laser engineering, and covers a wide range of laser topics, from all-optical signal processing and chaotic optical communication to production of superwicking surfaces, correction of extremely high-power beams, and generation of ultrabroadband spectra. It presents both review-type contributions and well researched and documented case studies, and is intended for graduate students, young scientist, and emeritus scientist working/studying in laser physics, optoelectronics, optics, photonics, and adjacent areas. The book contains both experimental and theoretical studies, as well as combinations of these two, which is known to be a most useful and interesting form of reporting scientific results, allowing students to really learn from each contribution. The book contains over 130 illustrations.

Los reconocidos especialistas internacionales que han colaborado efectúan una aproximación a este cambiante mundo de la fotónica y abundan en su aplicación a estándares de telecomunicación, la fabricación de fibra óptica, fotosensibilidad y sensores ópticos y sus aplicaciones.

In my career I’ve found that ‘‘thinking outside the box’’ works better if I know what’s ‘‘inside the box.’’ Dave Grusin, composer and jazz musician Different people think in different time frames: scientists think in decades, engineers think in years, and investors think in quarters. Stan Williams, Director of Quantum Science Research, Hewlett Packard Laboratories Everything can be made smaller, never mind physics; Everything can be made more ef?cient, never mind thermodynamics; Everything will be more expensive, never mind common sense. Tomas Hirschfeld, pioneer of industrial spectroscopy Integrated Analytical Systems Series Editor: Dr. Radislav A. Potyrailo, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY The book series Integrated Analytical Systems offers the most recent advances in all key aspects of development and applications of modern instrumentation for che- cal and biological analysis. The key development aspects include (i) innovations in sample introduction through micro- and nano?uidic designs, (ii) new types and methods of fabrication of physical transducers and ion detectors, (iii) materials for sensors that became available due to the breakthroughs in biology, combinatorial materials science, and nanotechnology, and (iv) innovative data processing and mining methodologies that provide dramatically reduced rates of false alarms.

This book focuses on the state-of-the-art photonic technologies and their potential applications in various fields of human activity. It is quite fascinating to witness the paradigm change, which the field of photonics has witnessed in the last 10 years. Particularly, advanced photonics has shifted from the research laboratories to commercial manufacturing industries. This book offers a comprehensive overview regarding photonics, from the quantum mechanics and electrodynamic fundamentals to the scales of photonic building blocks and components such as amplifiers, lasers, modulators, detectors, and waveguides. The book can serve both as a reference work as well as a comprehensive textbook for students or scientists. Theoretical results and relations are typically derived from fundamental principles with suitable and state-of-the-art tools, which provide deeper understanding along with familiarization with mathematical architectures, used in the relevant research articles. Some of the significant subject matters include polarization optics, beam and pulse propagation, light-matter interaction, waveguides, transient, and stationary behavior of lasers, semiconductor optics (which include low-dimensional quantum systems for example, quantum wells), photometry, colorimetry, and detector technology. Microwave photonics are illustrated comprehensively. The book is proposed for a diverse range of audiences which include the students of electronics and physics and the scientists from various fields such as optical communications, laser technology, medical laser applications and laser materials processing. This book has the potential to provide an in-depth understanding of various photonic principles. In Chapter 1, the fundamental concepts of photonics and optics are discussed. Moreover, the significance of photonics in several fields has also been illustrated in Chapter 1. The field of micro-photonics has a significant impact in commercial photonic applications. Chapter 2 discusses the significance and applications of microwave photonics in various industrial fields. Environment and health play an essential role in the well-being of human creature. The applications of photonics in health and environment sector are detailed in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 discusses the fundamental principles of developing semiconducting nanostructures for photonic switching devices. Presently, the use of plasmon lasers (advanced photonic based lasers) as a uniform and coherent source of energy is trending. Chapter 5 discusses the use of plasmon lasers as an advanced source of energy for various applications. The world is now shifting towards advanced photovoltaic devices which are a superior substitute for conventional energy generating devices. Chapter 6 critically discusses the use of photonic principles for developing modern photovoltaic devices. Space exploration is one of the fundamental priorities of the modern developing nations and the research for advances in space applications is being carried out extensively. Chapter 7 contains the detailed presentation regarding the space application of modern photonic devices. Finally, Chapter 8 unfolds a technological roadmap for photonics applications in the field of memory systems. The roadmap of the electronics and photonics industry development signifies that advanced photonics will remain the fundamental source of micro-and-nono-electronics. Therefore, intricate yet efficient photonic devices will serve as an essential component for manufacturing of next-generation electronic and photonic architectures. Book jacket.