608 pages, Academic Press, 1997. ISBN 0-12-395170-4
Fully updated to address the recent advances in lightwave systems, Optical Fiber Telecommunications III, Volumes A & B, provide definitive coverage of the most important aspects of today‘s optical fiber communications technology and give insight into developing research in what has become a multi-billion dollar global industry.
Volume A, written by world-renowned experts in the field, is the first of two expansive and comprehensive volumes to provide a complete overview of lightwave systems and components, in both the commercial and research arenas. A thorough coverage of important background concepts such as SONET and coding device technology are covered, as are the latest breakthroughs in the design and processing of fiber and cable, as well as new designs in terrestrial and undersea systems.
CONTENTS:
Overview
SONET and ATM
Coding and Error Correction in Optical Fiber Communications Systems
Advances in Fiber Design and Processing
Advances in Cable Design
Polarization Effects in Lightwave Systems
Dispersion Compensation for Optical Fiber Systems
Fiber Nonlinearities and Their Impact on Transmission Systems
Terrestrial Amplified Lightwave System Design
Undersea Amplified Lightwave Systems Design
Advances in High Bit-Rate Transmission Systems
Solitons in High Bit-Rate, Long-Distance Transmission
Survey of Fiber Optics in Local Access Architectures
Lightwave Analog Video Transmission
Advanced Multiaccess Lightwave Networks
