Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits [Hardcover]

Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, Second Edition provides a comprehensive treatment of optical communication technology, its principles and theory, treating students as well as experienced engineers to an in-depth exploration of this field. Diode lasers are still of significant importance in the areas of optical communication, storage, and sensing. Using the the same well received theoretical foundations of the first edition, the Second Edition now introduces timely updates in the technology and in focus of the book. After 15 years of development in the field, this book will offer brand new and updated material on GaN-based and quantum-dot lasers, photonic IC technology, detectors, modulators and SOAs, DVDs and storage, eye diagrams and BER concepts, and DFB lasers. Appendices will also be expanded to include quantum-dot issues and more on the relation between spontaneous emission and gain.

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxi

List of Fundamental Constants xxiii

1 Ingredients 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Energy Levels and Bands in Solids 5

1.3 Spontaneous and Stimulated Transitions: The Creation of Light 7

1.4 Transverse Confinement of Carriers and Photons in Diode Lasers: The Double Heterostructure 10

1.5 Semiconductor Materials for Diode Lasers 13

1.6 Epitaxial Growth Technology 20

1.7 Lateral Confinement of Current, Carriers, and Photons for Practical Lasers 24

1.8 Practical Laser Examples 31

References 39

Reading List 40

Problems 40

2 A Phenomenological Approach to Diode Lasers 45

2.1 Introduction 45

2.2 Carrier Generation and Recombination in Active Regions 46