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.
Contents
- Overview
- Growth of the internet
- Optical network architecture evolution
- Undersea communication system
- High-capacity, ultra-long-haul networks
- Pseudo-linear transmission of high-speed TDM signal :
40 an 160 Gb/s
- Dispersion-managed solutions and chirped return to
zero: what is the difference ?
- Metropolitan optical networks
- The evolution of cable TV networks
- Optical access networks
- Beyond gigabit : application and development of
high-speed Ethernet technology
- Photonic simulation tools
- Nonlinear optical effects in WDM transmission
- Fixed and tunable management of fiber chromatic
dispersion
- Polarization-mode dispersion
- Bandwidth-efficient modulation formats for digital
fiber transmission systems
- Error-control coding techniques and applications
- Equalization techniques for mitigating transmission
impairments