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In this chapter, the motivation for the study of semiconductor lasers (optical communications) is introduced, and the outline of the book described.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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An interesting story: according to Herbert Kroemer, he first wrote up this idea and submitted it as a paper to the journal Applied Physics Letters, and it was rejected. Sometimes important ideas are difficult to recognize!
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Klotzkin, D.J. (2020). Introduction: The Basics of Optical Communications. In: Introduction to Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24501-6_1
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