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:
- thorough analysis of the operation and design of DFB lasers
 - a high level of tutorial discussion with many valuable appendices
 - the first full account of time-domain numerical modelling techniques
applicable to future optical systems as well as present devices
 - Web access to a suite of MATLAB programs (student version MATLAB 4 or
higher).
 
It is essential reading for those studying optical communications at
graduate and advanced under-graduate level, and a key book for
industrial designers of opto-electronic devices.