Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and PracticeThis is the second edition of this highly successful book, giving an introduction to the fundamentals, problems and techniques of design and utilisation of optical fibre systems. all the chapters have been updated and many have been extended with extra sections including the most recent developments. In addition, three new chapters have been incorporated. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Optical fiber waveguides | 12 |
Transmission characteristics of optical fibers | 84 |
Copyright | |
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absorption amplifier attenuation bandgap bandwidth baseband carrier channel circuit cladding coherent optical components connector core diameter coupler coupling cutoff wavelength dB km detection detector device dispersion doped electrical Electron emission fiber cable fiber core fibre frequency function glass graded index fiber Hence heterodyne homodyne detection IEEE illustrated in Figure injection laser input insertion loss interface layer length Lett light Lightwave Lightwave Technol linewidth Mbit s¹ measurement mode multimode fiber multiplexing noise numerical aperture obtained operating optical amplifiers optical communication optical fiber communications optical fiber systems optical power optical signal optical source oscillator p-i-n photodiode parameter phase photodetector photons polarization propagation pulse broadening quantum efficiency refractive index refractive index profile region Section semiconductor laser shot noise shown in Figure single-mode fiber spectral splice star coupler step index fiber structure technique temperature transmission transmitted voltage waveguide wavelength