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The fourth edition of this popular text and reference book presents the fundamental principles for understanding an applying optical fiber technology to sophisticated modern telecommunication systems.
Optical-fiber-based telecommunication networks have become a major information-transmission-system, with high capacity links encircling the globe in both terrestrial and undersea installations. Numerous passive and active optical devices within these links perform complex transmission and networking functions in the optical domain, such as signal amplification, restoration, routing, and switching. Along with the need to understand the functions of these devices comes the necessity to measure both component and network performance, and to model and stimulate the complex behavior of reliable high-capacity networks.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview of Optical Fiber Communications Chapter 2 Optical Fibers: Structures, Waveguiding, and Fabrication Chapter 3 Attenuation and Dispersion Chapter 4 Optical Sources Chapter 5 Power Launching and Coupling Chapter 6 Photodetectors Chapter 7 Optical Receiver Operation Chapter 8 Digital Links Chapter 9 Analog Links Chapter 10 WDM Concepts and Components Chapter 11 Optical Amplifiers Chapter 12 Non-linear Effect Chapter 13 Optical Networks Chapter 14 Performance Measurement and Monitoring Appendix A International System of Units Appendix B Useful Mathematical Relations Appendix C Bessel Functions Appendix D Decibels Appendix E Acronyms Appendix F List of Important Roman Symbols Appendix G List of Important Greek Symbols