Fibre Optic Communication Key Devices /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Venghaus, Herbert (Editor), Grote, Norbert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 161
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Engineering, general.
• Physical Description: XXX, 682 p. 348 illus., 144 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642205170
• ISSN: 0342-4111 ;

The book gives an in-depth description of the key devices of current and next generation fibre optic communication networks. In particular, the book covers devices such as semiconductor lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, wavelength filters, and detectors but the relevant properties of optical fibres as well. The presentations include the physical principles underlying the various devices, the technologies used for the realization of the different devices, typical performance characteristics and limitations, and development trends towards more advanced components are also illustrated. Thus the scope of the book spans relevant principles, state-of-the-art implementations, the status of current research and expected future components.