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Robert G. Hunsperger
Integrated Optics
Theory and Technology
Fifth Edition
With 260 Figures and 26 rabIes
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Prof. Robert G. Hunsperger
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Hunsperger, Robert G.
Integrated optics : theory and technology 1 Robert G. Hunsperger.--5th ed.
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Preface to the Fourth Edition
Once again it has become necessary to produce a new edition in order to update
material provided in earlier editions and to add new descriptions of recently emerging
technology. All of the chapters have been revised to inc1ude new developments, and
to incorporate additionalliterature references.
In the past few years there has been a vast expansion of worldwide telecom
munications and data transmission networks. In many localities fiber-to-the-home
and integrated services digital networks (ISDN) have become a reality. . Many people
are now logging-on to the Internet and the World Wide Web. The growth of these
networks has created a strong demand for inexpensive, yet efficient and reliable,
integrated optic components such as signal splitters, couplers and multiplexers. Be
cause of this demand, there has been a great deal of work recently on devices made
using polymers and glas ses. Descriptions of these components have been added to
the book in the appropriate chapters.
A number of new practice problems have been added, and an updated booklet of
problem solutions is available. The supplementary series of videotaped lectures de
scribed in the preface to earlier editions continues to be available. Inquires regarding
these materials should be sent directly to the author.
The author wishes to thank Mrs. Barbara Westog, who helped with the organi
zation of new material and typed the revisions.
Newark, July 1995 R.G. Hunsperger
Preface to the Third Edition
The field of integrated optics is continuing to develop at a rapid pace, necessitating
the writing of this third edition in order to update the material contained in earlier
editions. All of the chapters have been revised to reflect the latest developments in
the field and a new chapter has been added to explain the important topic of newly
invented quantum well devices. These promise to significantly improve the operating
characteristics of lasers, modulators and detectors.
The trend of telecommunications toward the use of single mode systems operat -
ing at the longer wavelengths of 1.3 and 1.55 I-lm has been explained and documented
with illustrations of recently developed devices and systems. In this regard, broader
coverage of GalnAsP devices and optical integrated circuits has been provided, and
the new growth techniques of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and metal-organic
chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) have been described. The extensive develop
ment of hybrid optical integrated circuits in lithium niobate has also been described.
Notably, this progress has led to the production of the first commercially available
optical integrated circuits.
A number of new practice problems have been added. An updated booklet of
problem solutions is available, and the supplementary series of videotaped lectures
described in the preface to the first edition has been expanded and updated. Inquiries
regarding these materials should be sent directly to the author.
The author wishes to thank Mr. Garfield Simms, who has generated the artwork
for a number of the new illustrations which appear in this edition, and Mrs. Barbara
Westog, who typed the revisions.
Newark, January 1991 R.G. HUNSPERGER
Preface to the Second Edition
Our intent in producing this book was to provide a text that would be comprehensive
enough far an introductory course in integrated optics, yet concise enough in its
mathematical derivations to be easily readable by a practicing engineer who desires
an overview of the field. The response to the first edition has indeed been gratifying;
unusually strong demand has caused it to be sold out during the initial year of
publication, thus providing us with an early opportunity to produce this updated and
improved second edition.
This development is fortunate, because integrated optics is a very rapidly pro
gressing field, with significant new research being regularly reported. Hence, a new
chapter (Chap. 17) has been added to review recent progress and to provide numer
ous additional references to the relevant technical literature. Also, thirty-five new
problems for practice have been included to supplement those at the ends of chapters
in the first edition. Chapters 1 through 16 are essentially unchanged, except for brief
updating revisions and corrections of typographical errors.
Because of the time !imitations imposed by the need to provide an uninterrupted
supply of this book to those using it as a course text, it has been possible to include
new references and to briefty describe recent developments only in Chapter 17.
However, we hope to provide details of this continuing progress in a future edition.
The authar wishes to thank Mr. Mark Bendett, Mr. Jung-Ho Park, and Dr. John
Zavada far their valuable help in locating typographical errars and in developing
new problems for this edition.
Newark, December 1983 R.G. HUNSPERGER
Preface to the First Edition
This book is an introduction to the theory and technology of integrated optics for
graduate students in electrical engineering, and for practicing engineers and scientists
who wish to improve their understanding of the principles and applications of this
relatively new, and rapidly growing field.
Integrated Optics is the name given to a new generation of opto-electronic
systems in which the familiar wires and cables are replaced by light-waveguiding
optical fibers, and conventional integrated circuits are replaced by optical integrated
circuits (OIC's). In an OIC, the signal is carried by means of a beam of light rather
than by an electrical current, and the various circuit elements are interconnected
on the substrate wafer by optical waveguides. Some advantages of an integrated
optic system are reduced weight, increased bandwidth (or multiplexing capability),
resistance to electromagnetic interference, and low loss signal transmission.
Because of the voluminous work that has been done in the field of integrated
optics since its inception in the late 1960's, the areas of fiber optics and optical inte
grated circuits have usually been treated separately at conferences and in textbooks.
In the author's opinion, this separation is unfortunate because the two areas are
closely related. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that it may be a practical necessity.
Hence, this book includes an overview of the entire field of integrated optics in
the first chapter, which relates the work on optical integrated circuits to progress in
fiber-optics development. Specific examples of applications of both fibers and the
OIC's are given in the final chapter. The remaining chapters of the book are devoted
to the detailed study of the phenomena, devices and technology of optical integrated
circuits.
This book is an outgrowth of a graduate level, single-semester course in integrated
optics taught first at the University of Southem Califomia in 1975 and later at the
University of Delaware. The course has also been produced as aseries of 20 color
videotaped lectures, which can be used along with this book for self-study of the
subject. A booklet of solutions to the problems given at the end of the chapters is also
available. Inquiries regarding these supplementary materials should be sent directly
to the author.
The author wishes to thank those persons who have contributed to making
this book a reality. In particular, the critical comments and constructive suggestions
provided by Dr. T. Tamir throughout the preparation of the manuscript have been most
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helpful. The continuing support and encouragement ofDr. H. Lotsch are also greatly
appreciated. The competent and efficient typing of the manuscript by Mrs. Anne
Seibel and Miss Jacqueline Gregg has greatly facilitated timely publication.
Newark, April 1982 R.G. HUNSPERGER
