John P. Dakin, PhD, is Professor (Emeritus) at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. He received the [...]. and Ph.D. degrees from Southampton University, U.K., and remained there as a Research Fellow until 1973 where he supervised research and development of optical fiber sensors and other optical measurement instruments. He then spent two years in Germany at AEG Telefunken, 12 years at Plessey, UK, and two years with York Limited/York Biodynamics before returning to Southampton University. He has authored over 150 technical and scientific papers, and over 120 patent applications. He was previously a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, UK.

Dr. Dakin has won a number of awards, including "Inventor of the Year" for Plessey Electronic Systems Limited, the Electronics Divisional Board Premium of 1EE. Earlier, he won open scholarships to both Southampton and Manchester Universities. He has also been responsible for a number of key electro-optic developments. These include the sphere lens optical fiber connector, the first WDM optical shaft encoder, the Raman optical fiber distributed temperature sensor, the first realization of a fiber-optic passive hydrophone array sensor and the Sagnac location method described here, plus a number of novel optical gas sensing methods.

Series Preface

Introduction to the Second Edition

Introduction to the First Edition

Editors

Contributors

Part I BASIC CONCEPTS

1 An introduction to optoelectronics

Alan Rogers and Vincent Handerek

2 Introduction to optical materials

Neil J. Ross

3 Incandescent, discharge, and arc lamp sources

David O. Wharmby

4 Detection of optical radiation

Antoni Rogalski, Zbigniew Bielecki, and Janusz Mikolajczyk

5 Propagation along optical fibers and waveguides

John Love

6 Introduction to lasers and optical amplifiers

William S. Wong, Chien-Jen Chen, and Yan Sun

Part II ADVANCED CONCEPTS

7 Advanced optics

Alan Rogers and Vincent Handerek

8 Basic concepts in photometry, radiometry, and colorimetry

Yoshi Ohno

9 Nonlinear and short pulse effects

Günter Steinmeyer

Part III OPTOELECTR ONIC DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES

10 Light emitting diodes (LEDs)

Klaus Streubel

11 Semiconductor lasers

Jayanta Mukherjee and Stephen J. Sweeney

12 Optical detectors and receivers

Hidehiro Kume

13 Optical fiber devices

Suzanne Lacroix and Xavier Daxhelet

14 Optical modulators

Nadir Dagli

15 Optical amplifiers

Johan Nilsson, Jesper Lægsgaard, and Anders Bjarklev

16 Ultrafast optoelectronics

Günter Steinmeyer

17 Integrated optics

Nikolaus Boos and Christian Lerminiaux

18 Infrared devices and techniques

Antoni Rogalski and Krzysztof Chrzanowski

19 Organic light emitting devices

Martin Grell

20 Microstructured optical fibers

Jesper Lægsgaard, Anders Bjarklev, and Tanya Monro

21 Engineered optical materials

Peter G. R. Smith and Corin B. E. Gawith

22 Silicon photonics

Sasan Fathpour

23 Nanoplasmonic optoelectronics

Robert G. W. Brown

Index