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Essentials of Modern Optical Fiber Communication

This is a concise introduction into optical fiber communication. It covers important aspects from the physics of optical wave propagation and amplification to the essentials of modulation formats and receivers. The combination of a solid coverage of necessary fundamental theory with an in-depth disc...

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Main Author: Noé, Reinhold. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Electrical engineering.
Lasers.
Photonics.
Optical materials.
Electronic materials.
Communications Engineering, Networks.
Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.
Optical and Electronic Materials.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49623-7
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Optical waves in fibers and components
  • Electromagnetic fundamentals
  • Dielectric waveguides
  • Polarization
  • Linear electrooptic effect
  • Mode coupling
  • Differential group delay profiles
  • Nonlinearities in optical fibers
  • Optical fiber communication systems
  • Standard systems with direct optical detection
  • Advanced systems with direct detection
  • Coherent optical transmission Coherent optical transmission
  • References
  • Index.

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