Optical Sources, Detectors, and Systems (eBook)

Fundamentals and Applications

Robert H. Kingston (Autor)

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1995 | 1. Auflage
198 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053810-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Optical Sources, Detectors, and Systems presents a unified approach, from the applied engineering point of view, to radiometry, optical devices, sources, and receivers. One of the most important and unique features of the book is that it combines modern optics, electric circuits, and system analysis into a unified, comprehensive treatment.

The text provides physical concepts together with numerous data for sources and systems and offers basic analytical tools for a host of practical applications. Convenient reference sources, such as a glossary with explanatory text for specialized optical terminology, are included. Also, there are many illustrative examples and problems with solutions. The book covers many important, diverse areas such as medical thermography, fiber optical communications, and CCD cameras. It also explains topics such asD *, NEP, f number, RA product, BER, shot noise, and more.

This volume can be considered an essential reference for research and practical scientists working with optical and infrared systems, as well as a text for graduate-level courses on optoelectronics, optical sources and systems, and optical detection. Aproblem solution manual for instructors who wish to adopt this text is available.

Key Features
* Provides a unified treatment of optical sources, detectors, and applications
* Explains D *, NEP, f number, RA product, BER, shot noise, and more
* Contains numerous illustrative examples and exercises with solutions
* Extensively illustrated with more than 90 drawings and graphs

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Optical Sources, Detectors, and Systems presents a unified approach, from the applied engineering point of view, to radiometry, optical devices, sources, and receivers. One of the most important and unique features of the book is that it combines modern optics, electric circuits, and system analysis into a unified, comprehensive treatment. The text provides physical concepts together with numerous data for sources and systems and offers basic analytical tools for a host of practical applications. Convenient reference sources, such as a glossary with explanatory text for specialized optical terminology, are included. Also, there are many illustrative examples and problems with solutions. The book covers many important, diverse areas such as medical thermography, fiber optical communications, and CCD cameras. It also explains topics such asD *, NEP, f number, RA product, BER, shot noise, and more. This volume can be considered an essential reference for research and practical scientists working with optical and infrared systems, as well as a text for graduate-level courses on optoelectronics, optical sources and systems, and optical detection. Aproblem solution manual for instructors who wish to adopt this text is available. - Provides a unified treatment of optical sources, detectors, and applications- Explains D *, NEP, f number, RA product, BER, shot noise, and more- Contains numerous illustrative examples and exercises with solutions- Extensively illustrated with more than 90 drawings and graphs

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Optical Sources, Detectors, and Systems 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Preface 8
Symbols 10
Chapter 1. Blackbody Radiation, Image Plane Intensity, and Units 12
1.1 Planck's Law 13
1.2 Energy Flow, Absorption, and Emission 20
1.3 The Stefan-Boltzmann Law 25
1.4 Image Intensity in an Optical Receiver 27
1.5 Units and Intensity Calculations 32
Problems 40
Chapter 2. Interaction of Radiation with Matter: Absorption, Emission, and Lasers 44
2.1 The Einstein A and B Coefficients and Stimulated Emission 44
2.2 Absorption or Amplification of Optical Waves 46
2.3 Electron or Fermi-Dirac Statistics 50
2.4 The Fabry-Perot Resonator 52
2.5 Inversion Techniques 54
Problems 57
Chapter 3. The Semiconductor Laser 59
3.1 Electron State Density versus Energy in Semiconductors 59
3.2 Gain Coefficient 64
3.3 Laser Structures and Their Parameters 71
3.4 Laser Beamwidth and the Fraunhofer Transform 77
Problems 83
Chapter 4. The Ideal Photon Detector and Noise Limitations on Optical Signal Measurement 84
4.1 The Ideal Photon Detector and Shot Noise 85
4.2 The Detector Circuit: Resistor and Amplifier Noise 90
4.3 The Transimpedance Amplifier 95
4.4 Signal-to-Noise Voltage and Noise Equivalent Power 97
4.5 The Integrating Amplifier: Sampled Data Systems and Noise Equivalent Electron Count 99
4.6 Effective Input Noise Current, Responsivity, and Detectivity 102
4.7 General Signal-to-Noise Expression for Combined Signal, Background, and Amplifier Noise 104
Problems 106
Chapter 5. Real Detectors: Vacuum Photodiodes and Photomultipliers, Photoconductors, Junction Photodiodes, and Avalanche Photodiodes 108
5.1 Vacuum Photodiode and Photomultiplier 109
5.2 Semiconductors: Photoconductors and Photodiodes 114
5.3 Avalanche Photodiodes 120
Problems 132
Chapter 6. Heterodyne or Coherent Detection and Optical Amplification 134
6.1 Simple Plane Wave Analysis 135
6.2 Heterodyne Detection with Arbitrary Wavefronts 137
6.3 Siegman's Antenna Theorem 139
6.4 Optical Amplification with Heterodyne Detection 141
6.5 Optical amplification with Direct Detection 148
Problems 152
Chapter 7. Systems I: Radiometry, Communications, and Radar 153
7.1 Radiometry 153
7.2 Optical Communication: Direct Detection 162
7.3 Optical Communication: Heterodyne Detection 170
7.4 Radar 172
7.5 Atmospheric Effects 184
Problems 185
Chapters 8. Systems II: Imaging 188
8.1 Photoemissive Image Tubes 189
8.2 Photoconductive Image Tubes 191
8.3 Detector Arrays 196
8.4 Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Arrays 198
Appendix A: Answers to Problems 202
References 204
Index 206

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.7.1995
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-053810-X / 008053810X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-053810-5 / 9780080538105