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Fibre Optic Communication Devices /

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The book covers all essential elements of current and next generation fibre optic networks, including many that are ignored in other books. The reader gains an in-depth understanding of the current and future capabilities of fibre optic communication networks. He can estimate what fibre optics has t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grote, Norbert
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Venghaus, Herbert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer, 2001.
Series:Springer series in photonics ; 4.
Subjects:
Physics.
Computer input-output equipment.
Electronics.
Telecommunication.
Optical materials.
Electronic books.
Computers.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Characteristics of Optical Communication Networks
  • 2. The Optical Fibre
  • 3. Transmitters
  • 4. Optical Photodetectors
  • 5. Optical Amplifiers
  • 6. Passive and Active Glass Integrated Optic Devices
  • 7. Wavelength-Selective Devices
  • 8. Optical Switching
  • 9. All-Optical Time-Division Multiplexing Technology
  • 10. Optical Hybrid Integrated Circuits
  • 11. Monolithic Integration.