Optical fiber telecommunication - IVA - components

Optical Fiber Telecommunications IV (A & B) is the fourth in a respected series that has chronicled the progress in the research and development (R & D) of lightawave communications from its infancy in 1979 to its vibrant maturity today. Active participants and authorities in the field have written the chapters, and the coverage of the field is complete. The level of presentation is aimed at engineers working in the field but at the same time tutorial introductions make the chapters accessible to students and professionals. Even managers, system purchasers and operators, lawyers , financial analysts, and venture capitalists may find material of interest.

Volume A is devoted to progress in optical component R&D. Topics include design of optical fiber for a wide range of applications, new materials for fiber amplifiers, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, Raman amplifiers, electro optic modulators, optical switching, Optical switch fabrics, planar lightwave devices, fiber gratings, semiconductor r lasers for a wide range of lightwave applications, semiconductor amplifiers, al 1-optical regeneration, and high bit-rate electronics.

Volume B is devoted to lighwave systems and system impairments and compensation. System topics include growth of the Internet, network architecture evolution, undersea systems, ultra long haul, pseudo-linear high speed TDM transmission, cable TV evolution, access networks, gigabit Ethernet, and photonic simulation tools. Impairment and compensation topics include nonlinear effects, polarization mode dispersion, bandwidth efficient modulation format, error control coding, and electronic equalization techniques.

• Overview
• Design of optical fibers for communication systems
• New material for optical amplifiers
• Advances in Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
• Raman amplification in lightwave communication system
• Electrooptic modulators
• Optical switching in transport networks: applications, requirements, architectures, technologies and solutions
• Applications for optical switch fabrics
• Planar lightwave devices for WDM
• Fiber grating devices in high performance optical communication system
• Pump laser diodes
• Telecommunication lasers
• VCSEL for metro communications
• Semiconductors optical amplifiers
• All-optical regeneration: principles and WDM implementation
• High bit-rate receivers, transmitters, and electronics