High Spectral Density Optical Communication Technologies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nakazawa, Masataka (Editor), Kikuchi, Kazuro (Editor), Miyazaki, Tetsuya (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Optical and Fiber Communications Reports ; 6
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Quantum Optics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

The latest hot topics of high-spectral density optical communication systems using digital coherent optical fibre communication technologies are covered by this book. History and meaning of a "renaissance" of the technology, requirements to the Peta-bit/s class "new generation network...

Table of Contents:

• Overview and System Technologies
• Social Demand of New Generation Information Network: Introduction to High Spectral Density Optical Communication Technology
• Coherent Optical Communications: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions
• Ultrahigh Spectral Density Coherent Optical Transmission Technologies
• “Quasi Ultimate” Technique
• High-Speed and High-Capacity Optical Transmission Systems
• Advanced Modulation Formats
• Multilevel Signaling with Direct Detection
• High Spectral Efficiency Coherent Optical OFDM
• Polarization-Division-Multiplexed Coherent Optical OFDM Transmission Enabled by MIMO Processing
• No-Guard-Interval Coherent Optical OFDM with Frequency Domain Equalization
• QPSK-Based Transmission System: Trade-Offs Between Linear and Nonlinear Impairments
• Real-Time Digital Coherent QPSK Transmission Technologies
• Challenge for Full Control of Polarization in Optical Communication Systems
• Opto-Electronics Devices
• Semiconductor Lasers for High-Density Optical Communication Systems
• Monolithic InP Photonic Integrated Circuits for Transmitting or Receiving Information with Augmented Fidelity or Spectral Efficiency
• Integrated Mach–Zehnder Interferometer-Based Modulators for Advanced Modulation Formats
• Key Devices for High-Speed Optical Communication and Their Application to Transceiver Module
• Forward Error Correction.