From the Back Cover
Since the first edition of the Handbook of Microwave and Optical Components was published more than a decade ago, numerous changes have taken place in the microwave and optical arena – mainly due to rapid technological developments in this field. Keeping pace with this development, the Handbook of Optical Components and Engineering expands and updates the optical content of the first edition to provide the most comprehensive treatment of optical technology ever assembled. This invaluable resource provides a wealth of essential principles, methods, design information, and references for today's complex and rapidly changing field of optical engineering. New chapters include: "Optical Filters," "Wavelength Division Multiplexers and Demultiplexers," "Optical Amplifiers," and "Optical Attenuators, Isolators, Circulators, and Polarizers."
". . . Offers an exhaustive, and almost certainly complete, treatment of microwave and optical engineering principles." –Elektor Electronics
About the Author
KAI CHANG is a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of Texas A&M University where he teaches and performs research in microwave devices and circuits. Previously he was a section head at TRW, Inc. where he was responsible for millimeter-wave integrated circuit component and subsystem development. Prior to this, Dr. Chang was a supervisor at Hughes Aircraft Company, where he was involved in the development of microwave circuits, millimeter-wave oscillators, and power combiners. Dr. Chang is the author of a number of book chapters and has published over 90 technical papers on microwave circuits, components, and subsystems. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan.
