Fiber Optic Communications HandbookFederico Tosco This book is the most up-to-date and fully comprehensive resource available to professionals and students in the field of fiber optic communications. Balancing concepts, experiments, and actual hands-on practice, the authors provide readers with all the knowledge and working tools necessary to engage competently in this exploding technology. The book describes the state-of-the-art in optical fiber communications, including transmission media and systems, sources and detectors, optical cables and passive devices, and integrated optics. CSELT is the central research laboratory for one of the most active communications manufacturing and operations organizations in Europe. |
Contents
Photodetectors | 6 |
Fiber materials and fabrication | 32 |
ALPD | 92 |
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absorption amplitude attenuation backscattered band bandwidth beam birefringence carrier chromatic dispersion cladding coefficient congruences cutoff wavelength dB/km defined density depends detector devices diameter dopant doped dynamic range effect electron emission energy equation experimental fiber length frequency function geometrical glass guided increase input intensity laser diodes launched layer leaky light loss material measurement method microbending mode coupling mode field mode field diameter modulation multimode fibers near-field noise numerical aperture obtained optical fibers optical power output parameters perturbation phase photodetector photodiode photon polarization preform produced propagation constant pulse radiation radiation modes radius Rayleigh scattering refractive index profile refractive-index region scan Schematic Sect semiconductor setup shown in Fig signal silica single-mode fibers spectral spectrum step-index fiber stress structure suitable technique temperature thermal tion transverse tube typical vitreous wave waveguide width νμ