Fiber Optics Physics and Technology /

• Main Author: Mitschke, Fedor (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

Telephone, telefax, email and internet -- the key ingredient of the inner workings is the conduit: the line which is designed to carry massive amounts of data at breakneck speed. In their data-carrying capacity optical fiber lines beat other technologies (copper cable, microwave beacons, satellite l...

Table of Contents:

• A Quick Survey
• Physical Foundations
• Treatment with Ray Optics
• Treatment with Wave Optics
• Chromatic Dispersion
• Losses
• Technical Conditions for Fiber Technology
• Manufacturing and Mechanical Properties
• How to Measure Important Fiber Characteristics
• Components for Fiber Technology
• Nonlinear Phenomena in Fibers
• Basics of Nonlinear Processes
• A Survey of Nonlinear Processes
• Technological Applications of Optical Fibers
• Applications in Telecommunications
• Fiber-Optic Sensors
• Appendices
• Decibel Units
• Skin Effect
• Bessel Functions
• Optics with Gaussian Beams
• Relations for Secans Hyperbolicus
• Autocorrelation Measurement.