Physics of Photonic Devices

This fully updated edition includes the latest developments in the growing field of optoelectronics. New topics covered here include a brief history of the invention of semiconductor lasers, the Lorentz dipole model and metal plasmas, matrix optics, surface plasma waveguides, and optical ring resonators. All problem sets have been updated and a new Solutions Manual is available. This is an ideal introduction to the subject for graduate students and professionals alike.

Chapter 1: Introduction.1.1 Basic Concepts of Semiconductor Bonding and Band Diagrams.1.2 The Invention of Semiconductor Lasers.1.3 The Field of Optoelectronics.1.4 Overview of the book.Problems .References.Bibliography.PART I: FUNDAMENTALS.Chapter 2: Basic Semiconductor Electronics.2.1 Maxwell's Equations and Boundary Conditions.2.2 Semiconductor Electronics Equations.2.3 Generation and Recombination in Semiconductors.2.4 Examples and Applications to Optoelectronic Devices.2.5 Semiconductor p-N and n-P Heterojunctions.2.6 Semiconductor n-N Heterojunctions and Metal-Semiconductor Junctions.Problems.References.Chapter 3: Basic Quantum Mechanics.3.1 Schrodinger Equation.3.2 The Square Well.3.3 The Harmonic Oscillator.3.4 The Hydrogen Atom and Excitons in 2D and 3D.3.5 Time-Independent Perturbation Theory.3.6 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory .Appendix 3A. Lowdin's Renormalization Method.Problems .References.Chapter 4: Theory of Electronic Band Structures in Semiconductors.4.1 The Bloch Theorem and the kp Method for Simple Bands.4.2 Kane?s Model for Band Structure--The kp Method with the Spin-Orbit Interaction.4.3 Luttinger-Kohn's Model--The kp Method for Degenerate Bands.4.4 The Effective Mass Theory for a Single Band and Degenerate Bands.4.5 Strain Effects on Band Structures.4.6 Electronic States in an Arbitrary One-Dimensional Potential.4.7 Kronig-Penny Model for a Superlattice .4.8 Band Structures of Semiconductor Quantum Wells.4.9 Band Structures of Strained Semiconductor Quantum Wells.Problems .References.PART II: PROPAGATION OF LIGHT.Chapter 5: Electromagnetics and Light Propagation.5.1 Time-Harmonic Fields and Duality Principle.5.2 Poynting's Theorem and Reciprocity Relations.5.3 Plane Wave Solutions for Maxwell's Equations in Homogeneous Media.5.4 Light Propagation in Isotropic Media.5.5 Wave Propagation in Lossy Medium-Lorentz Oscillator Model and Metal Plasma .5.6 Plane Wave Reflection from a Surface.5.7 Matrix Optics .5.8 Propagation Matrix Approach for Plane Wave Reflection from a Multilayered Medium.5.9 Wave Propagation in Periodic Media.Appendix 5A Kramers-Kronig Relations.Problems .References.Chapter 6: Light Propagation in Anisotropic Media and Radiation.6.1 Light Propagation in Uniaxial Media.6.2 Wave Propagation in Gyrotropic Media- Magnetooptic Effects.6.3 General Solutions to Maxwell?s Equations and Gauge Transformations.6.4 Radiation and the Far-Field Pattern.Problems .References.Chapter 7: Optical Waveguide Theory.7.1 Symmetric Dielectric Slab Waveguides.7.2 Asymmetric Dielectric Slab Waveguides.7.3 Rectangular Dielectric Waveguides.7.4 Ray Optics Approach to Waveguide Problems.7.5 The Effective Index Method.7.6 Wave Guidance in a Lossy or Gain Medium .7.7 Surface Plasmon Waveguide.Problems .References.Chapter 8: Coupled Mode Theory .&