EEE 429 / 529 Photonics

Textbook and references

Textbook (required)

• B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley, 1991.

References

• K. Iizuka, Engineering Optics. (Very pedagogic introductory text.)
• C. C. Davis, Lasers and Electro-Optics. (A more advanced treatment.)
• A. E. Siegman, Lasers. (Extensive classic packed with information.)
• E. Hecht, Optics: Light for a New Age. (On the role of optics in our age.)

Errata for the textbook (Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics)

• In some older copies of the book, Equation 1.2-10 is wrong. The corrected equation is given below: