Describing a range of photonic principles and techniques, this book gives insight into the underlying physical processes. It presents a detailed treatment of lasers, waveguides, modulators, detectors, non-linear optics and optical signal processing. It also includes sections on photonic crystal fibres, and distributed optical-fibre sensing.

Building on the bestselling, Essentials of Optoelectronics, this edition bears a new title to reflect the dramatic changes in the field. Starting from the principles of photonics and leading to applications, this edition emphasizes guided-wave optics and the devices that depend on it. The book features an expanded applications chapter that explores recent developments in the field as well as additional sections that cover optical amplifiers, tunable lasers, and gratings devices in extensive detail. Due to the timeliness and authoritativeness of the content, this standard textbook also makes an excellent reference for photonics professionals working in communications device research and development.