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