Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications (The ^AOxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

The low rating is not because of the content, which is very useful, but of the fairly poor package quality!

This text struggles to relate the mathematics to the theory. A nice supplement to a solid theory source, but lacking as a stand alone teaching tool is how I would describe this book.

well, actually I feel a little bit disappointed. although it's the lowest price(23$) I can find, the one I received splited into several parts after I opened it.

The book presents the material as clearly as one could expect it to be written. The material is difficult no matter the format, but the ideas are presented clearly and that's all I think you can really expect from a text. I would recommend this ahead of all the other texts I have used pertaining to Optics in my undergrad and grad-school programs simply because of the heightened clarity and the logical progression of subject matter. I bought this book new and I don't regret it.

I belive that this author wrote this textbook with the mind of mentor. This book is very easy to understand. I spent less than 1 hour about this book. I hope I will gain much knowledge from this book in as fast as I can!