A Course in Lasers and Optical Electronics for Engineers, or Quantum Electronics without Quantum Mechanics

Widespread developments in lasers and coherent optical electronics during the past decade make this an important and growing area of electronic technology. A course in lasers and laser electronics for undergraduate or first-year graduate engineers is described. The course adopts an electronic engineering approach to the subject, makes extensive use of simple class demonstrations, and requires no quantum-mechanical background or prerequisites outside the usual undergraduate engineering curriculum.