Fiber optic communications fundamentals and applications

"This new title covers basic topics such as transmitters, fibers, amplifiers and receivers and details new developments such as nonlinear fiber-optic systems and nonlinear phase noise. Starting with a review of electromagnetics and optics, including Faraday's law and Maxwell's equatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kumar, Shiva
Other Authors: Deen, M. Jamal
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom Wiley 2014
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2.4.5 Radiation Modes 2.4.6 Excitation of Guided Modes; 2.5 Pulse Propagation in Single-Mode Fibers; 2.5.1 Power and the dBm Unit; 2.6 Comparison between Multi-Mode and Single-Mode Fibers; 2.7 Single-Mode Fiber Design Considerations; 2.7.1 Cutoff Wavelength; 2.7.2 Fiber Loss; 2.7.3 Fiber Dispersion; 2.7.4 Dispersion Slope; 2.7.5 Polarization Mode Dispersion; 2.7.6 Spot Size; 2.8 Dispersion-Compensating Fibers (DCFs); 2.9 Additional Examples; Exercises; Further Reading; References; Chapter 3 Lasers; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic Concepts; 3.3 Conditions for Laser Oscillations; 3.4 Laser Examples
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • 1.8 3-Dimensional Wave Equation 1.9 Reflection and Refraction; 1.9.1 Refraction; 1.10 Phase Velocity and Group Velocity; 1.11 Polarization of Light; Exercises; Further Reading; References; Chapter 2 Optical Fiber Transmission; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fiber Structure; 2.3 Ray Propagation in Fibers; 2.3.1 Numerical Aperture; 2.3.2 Multi-Mode and Single-Mode Fibers; 2.3.3 Dispersion in Multi-Mode Fibers; 2.3.4 Graded-Index Multi-Mode Fibers; 2.4 Modes of a Step-Index Optical Fiber*; 2.4.1 Guided Modes; 2.4.2 Mode Cutoff; 2.4.3 Effective Index; 2.4.4 2-Dimensional Planar Waveguide Analogy
  • Chapter 4 Optical Modulators and Modulation Schemes 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Line Coder; 4.3 Pulse Shaping; 4.4 Power Spectral Density; 4.4.1 Polar Signals; 4.4.2 Unipolar Signals; 4.5 Digital Modulation Schemes; 4.5.1 Amplitude-Shift Keying; 4.5.2 Phase-Shift Keying; 4.5.3 Frequency-Shift Keying; 4.5.4 Differential Phase-Shift Keying; 4.6 Optical Modulators; 4.6.1 Direct Modulation; 4.6.2 External Modulators; 4.7 Optical Realization of Modulation Schemes; 4.7.1 Amplitude-Shift Keying; 4.7.2 Phase-Shift Keying; 4.7.3 Differential Phase-Shift Keying; 4.7.4 Frequency-Shift Keying
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Electromagnetics and Optics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Intensity; 1.3 Ampere's Law and Magnetic Field Intensity; 1.4 Faraday's Law; 1.4.1 Meaning of Curl; 1.4.2 Ampere's Law in Differential Form; 1.5 Maxwell's Equations; 1.5.1 Maxwell's Equation in a Source-Free Region; 1.5.2 Electromagnetic Wave; 1.5.3 Free-Space Propagation; 1.5.4 Propagation in a Dielectric Medium; 1.6 1-Dimensional Wave Equation; 1.6.1 1-Dimensional Plane Wave; 1.6.2 Complex Notation; 1.7 Power Flow and Poynting Vector
  • 3.4.1 Ruby Laser 3.4.2 Semiconductor Lasers; 3.5 Wave-Particle Duality; 3.6 Laser Rate Equations; 3.7 Review of Semiconductor Physics; 3.7.1 The PN Junctions; 3.7.2 Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission at the PN Junction; 3.7.3 Direct and Indirect Band-Gap Semiconductors; 3.8 Semiconductor Laser Diode; 3.8.1 Heterojunction Lasers; 3.8.2 Radiative and Non-Radiative Recombination; 3.8.3 Laser Rate Equations; 3.8.4 Steady-State Solutions of Rate Equations; 3.8.5 Distributed-Feedback Lasers; 3.9 Additional Examples; Exercises; Further Reading; References