The study of optics goes back thousands of years. Early reports can be traced to the Ancient Greeks, notably Aristotle and Democritus speculating about vision and Archimedes' famouurning glass.' The fact that the subject is alive and kicking after so long is evidenced by the explosion in the latter half of the twentieth century of munications, entertainment, manufacturing, and medical applications all based on optics. However, the basic principles of classical optics have not changed in recent years and we have to go back to 1953 to find a Nobel Prize winner in the field (Frits Zernike for the phase contrast microscope). With optics underpinning so much modern technology, the authors believe that there is still a significant need for a basic teaching text in optics. In fact, if anything the need is increasing in many scientific fields and there is no sign that this will change in the ing years. ...

本书是集成光学方面的一本经典著作，全书共22章，重点论述了集成光学用光波导、耦合器、调制器、激光器、探测器等光电子器件的工作原理及制作工艺，介绍了聚合物和光纤集成光学、量子阱器件、微光机电器件、光子与微波无线系统、纳米光子学等前沿研究，概述了集成光学的应用和发展前景。各章重点阐述物理概念和工程计算，避开复杂的数学推导，理论精辟，内容新颖，简明扼要，深入浅出。每一章末尾列出了主要参考资料并附有习题。