Photonics :
xv, 444 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Content notes : 1. Electrodynamic theory of light --
2. Wave propagation in matter --
3. Optical beams and pulses --
4. Optical interference --
5. Dielectric waveguides --
6. Light-matter interaction --
7. Optical oscillators --
8. Nonlinear optics and acousto-optics --
9. Photodetection.
