Optical Fiber Communications

Revised
ISBN: 978-0-07-338071-1
Verlag: MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1220 g

The fourth edition of this popular text and reference book presents the fundamental principles for understanding and 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keiser, Gerd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Overview of Optical Fiber CommunicationsChapter 2 Optical Fibers: Structures, Waveguiding, and FabricationChapter 3 Attenuation and DispersionChapter 4 Optical SourcesChapter 5 Power Launching and CouplingChapter 6 PhotodetectorsChapter 7 Optical Receiver OperationChapter 8 Digital LinksChapter 9 Analog LinksChapter 10 WDM Concepts and ComponentsChapter 11 Optical AmplifiersChapter 12 Non-linear EffectChapter 13 Optical NetworksChapter 14 Performance Measurement and MonitoringAppendix A International System of UnitsAppendix B Useful Mathematical RelationsAppendix C Bessel FunctionsAppendix D DecibelsAppendix E AcronymsAppendix F List of Important Roman SymbolsAppendix G List of Important Greek Symbols

Über Autor(innen)

Keiser, Gerd
Gerd Keiser is a research professor at Boston University and a professor and consultant at PhotonicsComm Solutions, a firm specializing in education and consulting for the optical communications and biophotonics industries. Previously he was involved with telecom technologies at Honeywell, GTE, and General Dynamics. His technical achievements at GTE earned him the prestigious Leslie Warner Award. In addition, he is a consultant in the telecom and photonics industries, has served as an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University, Boston University, and Tufts University, and was an industrial advisor to the Wentworth Institute of Technology. Formerly he was a chair professor in the Electronic Engineering Department at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He is a life fellow of the IEEE, a fellow of OSA and SPIE, an associate editor of the journal Optical Fiber Technology, and the author of four books. He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and a Ph.D. in physics from Northeastern University in Boston. His professional experience and research interests are in the general areas of optical networking and biophotonics.