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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankPRINCIPLESOFLASERSANDOPTICSPrinciplesofLasersandOpticsdescribesboththefundamentalprinciplesoflasersandthepropagationandapplicationoflaserradiationinbulkandguidedwavecom-ponents.Allsolidstate,gasandsemiconductorlasersareanalyzeduniformlyasmacroscopicdeviceswithsuscept
2、ibilityoriginatedfromquantummechanicalinter-actionstodevelopanoverallunderstatingofthecoherentnatureoflaserradiation.Theobjectiveofthebookistopresentlasersandapplicationsoflaserradi-ationfromamacroscopic,uniformpointofview.Analysesoftheuniqueprop-ertiesofcoherentlaserlightinopticalcomponentsarepr
3、esentedtogetherandderivedfromfundamentalprinciples,toallowstudentstoappreciatethedifferencesandsimilarities.Topicscoveredincludeadiscussionofwhetherlaserradiationshouldbeanalyzedasnaturallightorasaguidedwave,themacroscopicdiffer-encesandsimilaritiesbetweenvarioustypesoflasers,specialtechniques,su
4、chassuper-modesandthetwo-dimensionalGreen’sfunctionforplanarwaveguides,andsomeunusualanalyses.Thisclearlypresentedandconcisetextwillbeusefulforfirst-yeargraduatesinelectricalengineeringandphysics.Italsoactsasareferencebookonthemathemati-calandanalyticaltechniquesusedtounderstandmanyopto-electronic
5、applications.WilliamS.C.ChangisanEmeritusProfessoroftheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering,UniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiego.Apioneerofmicrowavelaserandopticallaserresearch,hisrecentresearchinterestsincludeelectro-opticalpropertiesandguidedwavedevicesinIII–Vsemiconductorhetero-junctionand
6、multiplequantumwellstructures,opto-electronicsinfibernetworks,andRFphotoniclinks.ProfessorChanghaspublishedover150researchpapersonopticalguidedwaveresearchandfivebooks.HismostrecentbookisRFPhotonicTechnologyinOpticalFiberLinks(CambridgeUniversityPress,2002).PRINCIPLESOFLASERSANDOPTICSWILLIAMS.C.CHA
7、NGProfessorEmeritusDepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScienceUniversityofCaliforniaSanDiegoCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinb