CRC Press Lasers and Their Applications to Digital Photonics and Microwave Photonics

This book focuses on understanding how lasers are utilized in modern applications such as optical communication, signal processing, sensing, and memory systems, with particular emphasis on how they are transforming digital photonics and microwave photonics technologies. It covers diverse laser systems such as semiconductor lasers, and fiber lasers, and their role in digital photonics, which involves encoding, transmitting, and processing information via optical signals. This book: Emphasizes the specific role of lasers in cutting-edge applications like optical communication, microwave signal processing, and quantum photonics. Covers the latest trends in the integration of photonic devices into systems including photonic integrated circuits. Discusses the principles of quantum light, entanglement, and quantum state manipulation, and their applications in quantum computing, cryptography, and communication. Highlights the latest advancements in integrated microwave photonic circuits, exploring innovations in materials, fabrication techniques, and integration strategies such as silicon photonics and hybrid integration. Explores the latest advancements in the integration of laser technology within digital photonics, focusing on the development of compact, and high-performance photonic integrated circuits. It is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, lasers, microwave engineering, and photonics.