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.

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 f...

Table of Contents:

• Optical Networks
• Optical Fibres
• Laser Components
• Ultrafast Semiconductor Laser Sources
• Widely Tuneable Laser Diodes
• Semiconductor-based Modulators
• Photodetectors
• Systems with Higher-order Modulation
• Wavelength Filters
• Passive Devices
• Fibre Amplifiers
• Linear Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
• Optical Signal Processing for High-speed Data Transmission
• Silicon Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits.  .