Essentials of Modern Optical Fiber Communication

• Main Author: Noé, Reinhold (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

This is a concise introduction into optical fiber communication. It covers important aspects from the physics of optical wave propagation and amplification to the essentials of modulation formats and receivers. The combination of a solid coverage of necessary fundamental theory with an in-depth disc...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Optical waves in fibers and components
• Electromagnetic fundamentals
• Dielectric waveguides
• Polarization
• Linear electrooptic effect
• Mode coupling
• Differential group delay profiles
• Nonlinearities in optical fibers
• Optical fiber communication systems
• Standard systems with direct optical detection
• Advanced systems with direct detection
• Coherent optical transmission Coherent optical transmission
• References
• Index.