Semiconductor Laser Photonics

Mauro Nisoli is Professor in Physics at the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he leads the Attosecond Research Center. His research is focused on attosecond science and ultrafast phenomena in matter. He has published more than 200 research papers in international journals and several physics textbooks.

• Preface; 1. Band structure of semiconductors; 2. Electrons in semiconductors; 3. Basic concepts of quantum mechanics; 4. Electron-photon interaction; 5. Optical properties of semiconductors; 6. Quantum wells; 7. Light emitting diodes; 8. Semiconductor lasers; 9. Quantum dot lasers; 10. Distributed feedback lasers; 11. Vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers; 12. Quantum cascade lasers; References; Appendix; Index.

'Prof. Nisoli's book is an excellent introduction for masters or graduate level students wishing to learn more about the physics underlying semiconductor lasers and light emitting diodes. In the first half of the book there is a thorough, modern discussion of semiconductor physics, optical properties and band theory, with an interesting section on quantum wells. The final three chapters are a detailed and comprehensive discourse on LEDs, semiconductor lasers and low-dimensional lasers. I shall certainly be recommending my students to read this book as part of their studies.' Robert A. Taylor, University of Oxford