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Topics in lightwave transmission systems /

Topics in Lightwave Transmission Systems is a second volume of a treatise on optical fiber communications that is devoted to the science, engineering, and application of information transmission via optical fibers. The first volume, published in 1985, dealt exclusively with fiber fabrication. The pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Li, Tingye (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, California ; London : Academic Press, 1991.
Series:Optical fiber communications ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Optical communications.
Optical fibers.
Télécommunications optiques.
Fibres optiques.
optical fiber.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Optical communications
Optical fibers
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Topics in Lightwave Transmission Systems; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Chapter 1. Optical Transmitter Design; I. Introduction; II. System Constraints on Transmitter Design; III. Optical Properties of Sources for PCM Transmitters; IV. Circuit Strategies for PCM Transmitters; V. Practical PCM Transmitters and Their Performance; VI. Multigigabit-per-Second Transmission Systems; VII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Lightwave Receivers; I. Introduction; II. Receiver and Device Requirements of Lightwave Systems.
  • III. Receiver System and Noise ConsiderationsIV. First and Second-Generation Lightwave Receivers; V. Active-Feedback Lightwave Receiver Circuits; References; Chapter 3. Frequency and Phase Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers; I. Introduction; II. Direct Frequency Modulation; III. Phase Modulation by Injection Locking; IV. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Coherent Optical Fiber Transmission Systems; I. Introduction; II. System Operations and Configurations; III. Advantages of Optical Heterodyne or Homodyne Detection; IV. System Applications.
  • V. Essential Technology for Developing Coherent SystemsVI. System Experiments; VII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers; I. Introduction; II. Nonlinear Gain and System Parameters; III. Stimulated Raman Scattering; IV. Carrier-Induced Phase Modulation; V. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering; VI. Four-Photon Mixing; VII. Multiplexing Effects; VIII. Scaling; IX. Conclusions; References; INDEX.