Lasers, Optics, and Photonics

This introductory level textbook comprises 25 chapters, covering a wide range of topics in the areas of optics, photonics and lasers. The book explores the natural synergy between these areas and will be a particularly useful resource for university courses.
Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, this textbook provides an accessible introduction to a wide range of topics in the areas of optics, photonics, and lasers. The book begins by presenting the fundamental concepts relating to geometrical optics, optical instruments and aberrations, radiometry and photometry, wave physics, electromagnetic optics, polarization, interference, diffraction, coherence, holography, and light propagation in anisotropic media. The second part of the book goes on to cover several topics in the areas of photonics and lasers, such as conventional and micro-structured optical fibers, dispersion, optical communications, laser fundamentals, semiconductor lase