Distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor lasers emit light in a single mode which is essential to providing the carrier in long haul high bit-rate optical communication systems. This comprehensive research monograph provides:

'A wonderful book. Although it is principally a research review of the design and modelling of DFB lasers, this is a remarkably powerful and accessible text.'
-- Optical and Quantum Electronics

• Chapter 1: The semiconductor-diode laser
• Chapter 2: Gain, loss and spontaneous emission
• Chapter 3: Principles of modelling guided waves
• Chapter 4: Optical energy exchange in guides
• Chapter 5: Basic principles of lasers with distributed feedback
• Chapter 6: More advanced distributed feedback laser design
• Chapter 7: Numerical modelling for DFB lasers
• Chapter 8: Future devices, modelling and systems analysis
• Appendices