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133) Abbreviations ABD ADP APD AS ASE BBO BGO BSO CSP CW dB dBm dBµ dBn DBR DC DC-PBH DFB DFG DH EDFA EH ESA FCSEL FP FWHM GCSEL GGG GRIN-SCH HE xlix areal bit density ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, NH4 H2 PO4 avalanche photodiode absorbing substrate amplified spontaneous emission beta barium borate, β-BaB2 O4 bismuth germanate, Bi12 GeO20 bismuth silicate, Bi12 SiO20 channeled-substrate planar continuous wave decibel decibel for power measured in milliwatts decibel for power measured in microwatts decibel for power measured in nanowatts distributed Bragg reflector direct current double-channel planar buried heterostructure distributed feedback difference-frequency generation double heterostructure erbium-doped fiber amplifier electric and magnetic, hybrid true fiber modes excited-state absorption folded-cavity surface-emitting laser Fabry–Perot full width at half maximum grating-coupled surface-emitting laser gadolinium gallium garnet, Gd3 Ga5 O12 graded-index separate confinement heterostructure magnetic and electric, hybrid true fiber modes l List of abbreviations IDT IR KDP KTA KTP LBO LD LED LiSAF LN LP MQW MSM NA NDFA NEA NEP OPA OPG OPO PBH PDFA PMT PPKTP PPLN QW RC RE–TM RF SAM SAW SBS SFG SI SH SHG SNR SPM SQW SRS TE interdigital transducer infrared potassium dihydrogen phosphate, KH2 PO4 potassium titanyl arsenate, KTiOAsO4 potassium titanyl phosphate, KTiOPO4 lithium triborate, LiB3 O5 laser diode light-emitting diode lithium strontium aluminium fluoride, LiSrAlF6 lithium niobate, LiNbO3 linearly polarized, approximate fiber modes multiple quantum wells metal–semiconductor–metal numerical aperture neodymium-doped fiber amplifier negative electron affinity noise equivalent power optical parametric amplifier optical parametric generator optical parametric oscillator planar buried heterostructure praseodymium-doped fiber amplifier photomultiplier tube periodically poled KTP periodically poled LiNbO3 quantum well resistance–capacitance rare-earth transition-metal radio frequency separate absorption and multiplication surface acoustic wave stimulated Brillouin scattering sum-frequency generation international system of units single heterostructure second-harmonic generation signal-to-noise ratio self-phase modulation single quantum well stimulated Raman scattering transverse electric li List of abbreviations TEM TGG THG TM TPA TS TWPD UV VCSEL VIPD VMDP WGPD WKB XPM YAG YIG YLF transverse electric and magnetic terbium gallium garnet, Tb3 Ga5 O12 third-harmonic generation transverse magnetic two-photon absorption transparent substrate traveling-wave photodiode ultraviolet vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser vertically illuminated photodiode velocity-matched distributed photodetector waveguide photodetector Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin cross-phase modulation yttrium aluminum garnet, Y3 Al5 O12 yttrium iron garnet, Y3 Fe5 O12 yttrium lithium fluoride, YLiF4 Part I Background 1 General background Photonics is an engineering discipline concerning the control of light, or photons, for useful applications, much as electronics has to do with electrons.

Within the book, the prerequisites of each section are listed in a table in Appendix B. This book can be used in a one-year undergraduate course by dropping advanced sections, and thus cutting about one-third of the material in the book, while covering every chapter. It can also be used in a one-year intensive graduate course covering all sections. I also envision this book as being used at different levels in different courses, including one-quarter or one-semester courses, depending on the interest and emphasis of a particular curriculum.

Acknowledgments Before acknowledging the many people who have made direct contributions to this project, I would like to pay tribute first to Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen, who brought me into the fields of nonlinear optics and lasers and guided me through my graduate studies, which began 26 years ago. I would like to express my gratitude to Erich P. Ippen, Chi Hsiang Lee, Thomas B. Simpson, and Jeffery Y. Tsao for their friendship, support, and intellectual illumination over more than 20 years.

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