The Optical Communications Reference

Casimer DeCusatis (Edited by), Ivan Kaminow (Edited by)

9780123751638

Hardback, published 23 November 2009

473 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.9 cm, 1.53 kg

Extracting key information from Academic Press’s range of prestigious titles in optical communications, this reference gives the R&D optical fiber communications engineer a quick and easy-to-grasp understanding of the current state of the art in optical communications technology, together with some of the underlying theory, covering a broad of topics: optical waveguides, optical fibers, optical transmitters and receivers, fiber optic data communication, optical networks, and optical theory. With this reference, the engineer will be up-to-speed on the latest developments in no-time.

Geometrical Optics
Theory of Imaging
Wave Theory of Optical Waveguides
Planar Optical Waveguides
Optical Fibers for Broadband Communication
Polymer Optical Fibers
Microstructured Optical Fibers
Photonic Bandgap-Guided Bragg Fibers
Optical Transmitters
Optical Detectors and Receivers
Fiber Optic Link Design
History of Fiber Optical Communication
Small Form Factor Fiber Optic Connectors
Speciality Fiber Optic Cables
Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Passive Optical Network Architectures
Fiber Optic Transceivers
Optical Link Budgets and Design Rules
ROADMs in Network Systems
Fiber-based Broadband Access Technology
Metropolitan Networks

Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK]