Light propagation in gain media : optical amplifiers / / Malin Premaratne, Govind P. Agrawal.

"Over the past two decades, optical amplifiers have become of key importance in modern communications. In addition to this, the technology has applications in cutting-edge research such as biophotonics and lab-on-a-chip devices. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental co...

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiii, 270 p. :; ill.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Dispersive dielectric slabs; 3. Generic active media; 4. Optical Bloch equations; 5. Fiber amplifiers; 6. Semiconductor optical amplifiers; 7. Raman amplifiers; 8. Optical parametric amplifiers; 9. Gain in optical metamaterials; Index.