Table of Contents:
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  • Ch. 1 Introduction
  • Ch.2 Properties of Light
  • Ch. 3 Optical Fiber
  • Ch. 4 Fiber Optic Cables
  • Ch. 5 Cable Procurement
  • Ch. 6 Safety Precautions
  • Ch. 7 Handling Fiber Optic Cable
  • Ch. 8 Outdoor Cable Installation
  • Ch. 9 Indoor Cable Installation
  • Ch. 10 Fiber Optic Cable General Installation Guideline-- Ch. 11 Splicing and Termination
  • Ch. 12 Patch Cords and Connectors
  • Ch. 13 Power Meter, Source and Return Loss Measurement
  • Ch. 14 The OTDR and OSA-- Ch. 15 Fiber Characterization (Loss, CD, PMD, ORL, Latency)-- Ch. 16 Fiber Optic Installation Tests
  • Ch. 17 Lightwave Equipment
  • Ch. 18 Wavelength Division Multiplexers-- Ch. 19 Other Fiber Components-- Ch. 20 SONET/SDH-- Ch. 21 LAN-- Ch. 22 Fiber System Deployment-- Ch. 23 Maintenance
  • Ch. 24 Emergency Cable Repair
  • Ch. 25 Records
  • Ch. 26 Troubleshooting
  • Ch. 27 Design Fundamentals
  • Ch. 28 Personnel
  • Ch. 29 Dark Fiber LeasingAppendices[bullet] Glossary of Terms and Acronyms[bullet] Units[bullet] Optical Fiber Color Codes[bullet] Fiber Optic Records[bullet] Relevant Standards and References[bullet] Transceiver Standards and Naming Convention[bullet] DWDM 100GHz and 50GHz Channel SpacingIndex./ Includes bibliographical references and index.