Computational Photonics
An Introduction with MATLAB

A comprehensive manual on the efficient modeling and analysis of photonic devices for graduate students and researchers in engineering and physics.

Marek S. Wartak (Author)

9781107005525, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 January 2013

468 pages, 240 b/w illus. 59 exercises
25.2 x 19.3 x 2.3 cm, 1.15 kg

'… if you have a solid background in photonics and Matlab and want to be able to employ Matlab to simulate photonic systems and model photonic devices then this book is highly recommended. If you want a textbook for an introductory photonics course then this book would make good supplementary reading.' Charlie Ironside, Contemporary Physics

A comprehensive manual on the efficient modeling and analysis of photonic devices through building numerical codes, this book provides graduate students and researchers with the theoretical background and MATLAB programs necessary for them to start their own numerical experiments. Beginning by summarizing topics in optics and electromagnetism, the book discusses optical planar waveguides, linear optical fiber, the propagation of linear pulses, laser diodes, optical amplifiers, optical receivers, finite-difference time-domain method, beam propagation method and some wavelength division devices, solitons, solar cells and metamaterials. Assuming only a basic knowledge of physics and numerical methods, the book is ideal for engineers, physicists and practising scientists. It concentrates on the operating principles of optical devices, as well as the models and numerical methods used to describe them.

1. Introduction
2. Basic facts from optics
3. Basic facts from electromagnetism
4. Slab waveguides
5. Linear optical fibre and signal degradation
6. Propagation of linear pulses
7. Optical sources
8. Optical amplifiers and EDFA
9. Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA)
10. Optical receivers
11. Finite difference time domain (FDTD) formulation
12. Solar cells
13. Metamaterials
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Optical physics [PHJ], Physics [PH], Mathematics & science [P]