Photonics Essentials

This unique text teaches photonics through hands-on measurement techniques common to all photonic devices. Learn these techniques and you can characterize and understand any device and master the field. This practice-based tutorial, perfect for students and engineers looking for practical expertise rather than abstract theory, does more than explain the workings of photonic applications in common devices like lasers, photodiodes, and LEDs. It offers worked examples of measurement and characterization problems faced in everyday encounters with commercial photonic equipment.