Optical Components for Communications Principles and Applications

Name: Optical Components for Communications Principles and Applications
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ISBN: 9781402076367

ISBN-10: 1402076363

ISBN-13: 9781402076367

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ching-Fuh Lin

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Optical Components for Communications is an incomparable book that provides the reader with an understanding of a highly technical subject in a way that is both academically sound and easy to read. Readers with a fundamental understanding of physics from an undergraduate degree will find Dr. Lin's explanation of the principles of quantum physics and optics in this book easy to grasp. This book is also exceptional in its ability to span a subject from the very abstract, fundamental principles of operations to the very specific real world applications of the technology.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 12/31/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English



Preface



Introduction to Optical Communication



Introduction



Emergence of Modern Optical-Fiber Communication



Fundamentals of Light



Interaction of Light with Matter



Basic Properties of Transparent Materials



Optical Fiber and Light Guiding



Modern Optical-Fiber Communication System



Transmitters (I) - Light Sources



Introduction



Principle of Light Emission



Principle of Lasers



Light Emitting Diodes and Semiconductor Lasers



Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communication



Transmitters (II) - Modulators



Introduction



Direct Modulation of Laser Diodes



External Modulation



Short-Pulse Techniques



Optical Amplifiers



Introduction



Principle of Optical Amplifiers



Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)



Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA)



Raman Amplifier



Photodetectors and Detection of Optical Radiation



Introduction



Photodetectors



Noise Involved in the Detection of Optical Radiation



Principles of Optics for Passive Components



Introduction



Fabry-Perot Resonance due to Parallel Interfaces



Transmission and Reflection from Multi-Layer Coatings



Diffraction Grating



Waveguide Coupling



Mach-Zehnder Interference



Birefringence



Optical Activity



Passive Components (I)



Introduction



Combiner/Splitter



Fixed and Tunable Filters



Isolator



Circulator



Attenuator



Passive Components (II)



Introduction



Wavelength Division Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (WDM)



Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (OADM)



Optical Switch, Optical Crossconnect and Wavelength Router



Wavelength Converter