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This book on Optical Fiber Communication presents the fundamental principles for understanding and applying optical fiber technology to sophisticated modern telecommunication system.
Key Features:

Comprehensive treatment of optical-link constituents such as optical fibers, light sources, photo detectors, connecting and coupling devices and optical amplifiers.

Design principles of digital and analog optical fiber transmission links, including optical power budgets, signal rise times, line coding and noise effects on system performance.

Operating principles of WDM and its components are explained.

Architecture and performance of Optical Networks explained in detail.

Advanced communication techniques such as soliton transmission, optical CDMS, and ultrafast time division multiplexing discussed.








Comprehensive treatment of optical-link constituents such as optical fibers, light sources, photo detectors, connecting and coupling devices and optical amplifiers.

Design principles of digital and analog optical fiber transmission links, including optical power budgets, signal rise times, line coding and noise effects on system performance.

New chapter on Performance Impairments (Ch 12)

Pedagogy:

Solved Examples ? 93

Unsolved Problems - 267

Table of Content:




Chapter 1. Overview of Optical Fiber Communications


Chapter 2. Optical Fibers: Structures, Waveguiding, and Fabrication


Chapter 3. Signal Degradation in Optical Fibers


Chapter 4. Optical Sources


Chapter 5. Power Launching and Coupling


Chapter 6. Photodetectors


Chapter 7. Optical Receiver Operation


Chapter 8. Digital Links


Chapter 9. Analog Links


Chapter 10. WDM Concepts and Components


Chapter 11. Optical Amplifiers


Chapter 12. Nonlinear Effects


Chapter 13. Optical Networks


Chapter 14. Performance Measurement and Monitoring