Semiconductor Lasers: Past, Present, and Future

by Govind P. Agrawal (Editor)

Graduate students and researchers requiring an up-to-date review of current work in semiconductor lasers. "There's plenty to surprise and impress anyone who hasn't been following the semiconductor laser field intently." New Scientist This book fills a major gap in the literature of semiconductor lasers by providing, in a single volume, ten up-to-date review articles written in a pedagogical manner by well-known experts. The topics cover the entire range of current activity in the field. The last two chapters of the book are devoted to applications and are intended to provide a perspective on how the research advances described in earlier chapters eventually translate into commercial products.

238 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1995