Fiber Optic Communications, 5th edition

This new and revised Fifth Edition of Fiber Optic Communications incorporates coverage of significant advances made in the fiber industry in recent years to present a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to the basics of communicating using optical fiber transmission lines. Students will learn system design as well as operating principles, characteristics, and application of the components that comprise fiber-optic systems.

• Communications theory, electronics, and optics—Developed as needed.
• Numerous illustrations and worked examples.
• Over 200 homework problems—Includes answers to selected problems at the end of the book.
• Wide range of topics—Includes fiber lasers and optical amplifiers, vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes, dense wavelength-division multiplexing, fiber Bragg grating technology, new component descriptions (fiber attenuator, circulator, and polarisation controller), new phenomena descriptions (polarisation mode dispersion, mode-partition noise), and power penalty.
• Expanded discussions of additional topics—Including polarisation effects in fiber systems, integrated optic components, practical fiber connectors and how to minimise reflections.
• New and expanded topics—Includes Raman amplifier, erbium-doped waveguide amplifier, the arrayed waveguide grating, electroabsorption modulator, optical micro-electro-mechanical (MEMs) components, dispersion compensation, tunable light sources, tunable filters, optical time-division multiplexing, dense and course wavelength-division multiplexing, increased utilisation of the optical spectrum, and emphasis on external modulation.
• A new table showing the most current spectral band classification scheme.
• Descriptions of small form factor connectors and non-adhesive splices.
• Updated and revised material throughout—Reflects the most recent changes in the fiber industry. Improves clarity of the presentation.
• 52 new problems—Includes a variety of problems to give the students practice and confidence in understanding the material.
• 32 new bibliography entries—Provides resources for further study.
• 8 new worked examples.

• New and expanded topics—Includes Raman amplifier, erbium-doped waveguide amplifier, the arrayed waveguide grating, electroabsorption modulator, optical micro-electro-mechanical (MEMs) components, dispersion compensation, tunable light sources, tunable filters, optical time-division multiplexing, dense and course wavelength-division multiplexing, increased utilization of the optical spectrum, and emphasis on external modulation.

• A new table showing the most current spectral band classification scheme.

• Descriptions of small form factor connectors and non-adhesive splices.

• Updated and revised material throughout—Reflects the most recent changes in the fiber industry. Improves clarity of the presentation.

• 52 new problems—Includes a variety of problems to give the students practice and confidence in understanding the material.

• 32 new bibliography entries—Provides resources for further study.

• 8 new worked examples.

• Companion Website (www.eas.asu.edu/~palais) —Gives students and instructors access to software that illustrates fiber-related phenomena and aids analysis and design.