Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- Why You Should Read This Book -- The Book Subject: Photonic Signals and Systems -- Applications -- The Concluded Learning Experience -- 2. Nature of Light -- Light Propagation -- Nature of Light from Its Early Beginnings -- Negative Refractive Index -- Photon: The Light Particle and Its Application -- Photonics -- Mechanical Motion of Matter with Light -- Optoelectronics: Photons and Electrons -- The Laser -- The Fundamental Forces of Matter and Photonics -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- 3. Electromagnetic Waves, Light, and Polarization -- Electromagnetic Waves and Polarization -- Mathematical Formalization of Traveling Waves -- EM Radiation, Media, and Polarization -- Maxwell's Equations for Traveling Waves and Polarization -- Real- and Complex-Wave Representations -- Complex Index of Refraction and Evanescent (Surface) Waves -- Total Internal Reflection and the Evanescent Wave -- Group Velocity and Dispersion -- Polarization Representations -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- 4. Interference, Coherence, and Diffraction -- Interference -- Interference in the RF Regime of the EM Spectrum -- Interference in the Optical Regime of the EM Spectrum -- Interference of Two Optical Beams -- Visualizing Coherence of a Wave -- Plane-Wave Interference via the Plane-Wave Function -- Heterodyne Interferometry -- RF Generation via Photo-Detection -- Diffraction -- Problems -- 5. Optical Building Blocks: Components -- Acousto-Optic Devices -- Liquid Crystal Devices -- Mechanical Devices -- Fiber-Optic Devices -- Planar-Optics and Integrated-Optic (Waveguide) Devices -- Problems -- 6. Photonic Systems Using Optical Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Devices -- Design Problem 6.1 Digital Micromirror Device-Based All-Digital-Mode Laser-Beam-Profiler -- Design Problem 6.2 Input-Power Fluctuations Insensitive DMD-Based Profiler -- Design Problem 6.3 DMD-Based Profiler Non-Gaussian Laser-Beam Profiling -- Design Problem 6.4 DMD-Based Profiler Incoherent-Light 2D Imaging -- Design Problem 6.5 DMD-Based Profiler Incoherent-Light 3D Imaging -- Design Problem 6.6 M2 Measurement Method to Characterize Non-Gaussian Beams -- Design Problem 6.7 High-Dynamic-Range Broadband Fiber-Optic Variable Optical Attenuator -- Design Problem 6.8 High-Dynamic-Range Broadband Fiber-Optic VOA with Graceful Beam Control -- Design Problem 6.9 Fault-Tolerant 100-Percent-Reliable Broadband Fiber-Optic VOA -- Design Problem 6.10 Fault-Tolerant High-Dynamic-Range Fiber-Optic VOA -- Design Problem 6.11 Fault-Tolerant Fiber-Optic Multiwavelength Equalizer -- Design Problem 6.12 Continuous-Spectrum DMD-Based Equalizer -- Design Problem 6.13 Digital Micromirror Device-Based Multi-Wavelength Add-Drop Routing Module -- Design Problem 6.14 Array of One-by-Two Fiber-Optic Switches and VOAs -- Design Problem 6.15 Long Time Delay and High-Resolution Photonic-Delay Line -- Design Problem 6.16 Switchless Long Time Delay and High-Resolution Photonic-Delay Line -- Design Problem 6.17 All-Optical Coder/Decoder Using Wavelengths and DMD -- Design Problem 6.18 Large-Scale Low-Loss Fiber-Optic Switch (Cross-Connect) -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- 7. Photonic Systems Using Acousto-Optic Devices -- Design Problem 7.1 High-Stability AO Interferometer for Test and Measurement -- Design Problem 7.2 High-Stability ID Spatial-Scanning AO Interferometer -- Design Problem 7.3 Frequency-Coded RF Phased-Array Antenna Beam Steering -- Design Problem 7.4 Full Calibration RF Phased-Array Antenna Beam Steering -- Design Problem 7.5 Instantaneous Operation Wideband RF-Spectrum Analyzer -- Design Problem 7.6 Efficient Free-Space to Single-Mode Fiber (SMF) Light Coupling -- Design Problem 7.7 Fiber-Optic Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) Using Single AOD -- Design Problem 7.8 High-Dynamic-Range Fiber-Optic Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) Using an AOD -- Design Problem 7.9 High-Dynamic-Range Fiber-Optic Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) Using AODs -- Design Problem 7.10 Bulk AOTF-Based Multi-Wavelength Variable Optical Attenuator (MVOA) -- Design Problem 7.11 Analog RF Transversal Filter Design Using AOTF -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- 8. Photonic Systems Using Liquid Crystal and Liquid Devices -- Design Problem 8.1 Liquid Crystal Analog Fiber-Optic Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) -- Design Problem 8.2 Liquid-Crystal-Based Polarization Dependent-Loss (PDL) Compensator -- Design Problem 8.3 Liquid Crystal Deflector Fiber-Optic VOA -- Design Problem 8.4 Wavelength-Tunable Fiber-Optic VOA Using Liquid Crystal Controls -- Design Problem 8.5 Multi-Wavelength Wavelength Fiber-Optic VOA Using Liquid Crystal Controls -- Design Problem 8.6 Liquid Crystal Freespace 1x2 Switch Using Cube PBS -- Design Problem 8.7 Higher-Performance LC Freespace 1x2 Switch Using Cube PBS -- Design Problem 8.8 Low-Noise LC 1-Bit Freespace TDU Using PBSs -- Design Problem 8.9 SMF Optical TDU Using LC Polarization Control -- Design Problem 8.10 2x2 Fiber-Optic Switch Using LC Devices and Cube PBSs -- Design Problem 8.11 Fast Reset-Speed Variable Focal-Length Lens Using LCs -- Design Problem 8.12 Zero Propagation-Loss Variable-Link Distance Optical Wireless Communications -- Design Problem 8.13 Fast 3D Optical Sensing and Imaging -- Design Problem 8.14 Fast ID Optical Sensing and Imaging Using Multiple Wavelengths -- Design Problem 8.15 Fast ID Interferometrie Optical Sensing and Imaging Using Multiple Wavelengths -- Design Problem 8.16 Intracavity Sensing and Imaging Using Multiple Wavelengths -- Design Problem 8.17 Smart High-Resolution Laser-Scanning Display -- Design Problem 8.18 Optical Distance Sensor Without Time Processing -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- 9. Optical Experiments -- Experiment 9.1 Laser Beams -- Experiment 9.2 Incoherent-Light Imaging -- Experiment 9.3 Coherent-Light Focusing -- Experiment 9.4 Coherent-Light Imaging -- Experiment 9.5 Coherent-Light Fourier Transforms -- Experiment 9.6 Optical-Phase Retardation -- Experiment 9.7 Free-Space Optical Switching Using Polarization -- Experiment 9.8 Acousto-Optical Modulation of Laser Beams -- Experiment 9.9 Acousto-Optical Interferometry of Laser Beams -- Experiment 9.10 Optical Fibers and Fiber Lenses and Mirrors

"Build the skills needed to engineer next-generation systems using light Photonic Signals and Systems: An Introduction presents essential and current knowledge of light applied in the design of innovative photonic systems that engage both optical and electrical signals. The book demonstrates how to design photonic systems operating within the required approximations of the deployed photonic devices, mathematics of signal processing, and optical phenomena. Systems problems are solved using a variety of mature optical technologies, such as acousto-optics, liquid crystals, liquid optics, optical micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), bulk optics, integrated optics, and optical fibers. End-of-chapter problems and solutions reinforce a thorough understanding of the material. Contents include: Nature of light Electromagnetic waves, light, and polarization Interference, coherence, and diffraction Optical building blocks--components Photonic systems using optical micro-electro-mechanical systems devices Photonic systems using acousto-optic devices Photonic systems using liquid crystal and liquid devices Optical experiments "--

"This entry-level undergraduate textbook empowers the next generation of engineering and science graduates with the skills to invent new systems using light"--