Quantum Confined Laser Devices: Optical Gain and Recombination in Semiconductors

by Peter Blood

Book Overview

The semiconductor laser, invented over 50 years ago, has had an enormous impact on the digital technologies that now dominate so many applications in business, commerce and the home. The laser is used in all types of optical fibre communication networks that enable the operation of the internet, e-mail, voice and skype transmission. Approximately one billion are produced each year for a market valued at around $5 billion. Nearly all semiconductor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199644527
• ISBN13: 9780199644520
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.6"