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The Essence of Optoelectronics (Essence of Engineering)

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This book provides a superb foundation for further study. Some prior background in optics as well as electronics (especially semiconductors) is needed, though the background need not be especially deep. The math isn't especially difficult either. Anyone with a moderate technical/mathematical background can learn something from this book.

I have to apologize if this review sounds vague -- but the book is just a nice broad intro to a subject that I personally find very interesting (though I'm not a EE). So if you'd like to know more about LEDs, lasers, polarizers, lenses, atc., etc., and how they all fit together -- this is a great place to start.

Unfortunately, it seems to be out of print -- it doesn't have the latest developments -- but I would strongly recommend it in used form as a very good introduction. It always amazes (and saddens) me when such well written and approachables books fall into disfavor.

This is a wonderful introductory book. It's fairly short - this is not one of those texts that has so much information in it that you get overwhelmed; if you want a really in-depth book on the subject, this isn't it - but you might want to read this one before you rush out to buy the eighteen-pound monster. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in self-study. I wish there were more introductory texts this easy to read and inexpensive.