Optical Components for Communications

by Lin, Ching-Fuh

• ISBN13: 9781402076367
• ISBN10: 1402076363
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Optical Components for Communications is an incomparable book that provides the reader with an understanding of a highly technical subject in a way that is both academically sound and easy to read. Readers with a fundamental understanding of physics from an undergraduate degree will find Dr. Lin's explanation of the principles of quantum physics and optics in this book easy to grasp. This book is also exceptional in its ability to span a subject from the very abstract, fundamental principles of operations to the very specific real world applications of the technology.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO OTICAL COMMUNICATION	1	(44)
1. Introduction	1	(2)
2. Emergence of Modern Optical-Fiber Communication	3	(2)
3. Fundamentals of Light	5	(6)
4. Interaction of Light with Matter	11	(3)
5. Basic Properties of Transparent Materials	14	(19)
6. Optical Fiber and Light Guiding	33	(7)
7. Modern Optical-Fiber Communication System	40	(5)
Chapter 2 TRANSMITTERS (I) --- LIGHT SOURCES	45	(42)
1. Introduction	45	(1)
2. Principle of Light Emission	45	(4)
3. Principle of Lasers	49	(17)
4. Light Emitting Diodes and Semiconductor Lasers	66	(15)
5. Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communications	81	(6)
Chapter 3 TRANSMITTERS (II) --- MODULATORS	87	(20)
1. Introduction	81	(7)
2. Direct Modulation of Laser Diodes	88	(6)
3. External Modulation	94	(8)
4. Short-Pulse Techniques	102	(5)
Chapter 4 OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS	107	(32)
1. Introduction	107	(1)
2. Principle of Optical Amplifiers	108	(3)
3. Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)	111	(7)
4. Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA)	118	(13)
5. Raman Amplifier	131	(8)
Chapter 5 PHOTODETECTORS AND DETECTION OF OPTICAL RADIATION	139	(38)
1. Introduction	139	(1)
2. Photodetectors	140	(21)
3. Noise Involved in the Detection of Optical Radiation	161	(16)
Chapter 6 PRINCIPLES OF OPTICS FOR PASSIVE COMPONENTS	177	(46)
1. Introduction	177	(4)
2. Fabry-Perot Resonance due to Parallel Interfaces	181	(10)
3. Transmission and Reflection from Multi-Layer Coatings	191	(10)
4. Diffraction Grating	201	(5)
5. Waveguide Coupling	206	(5)
6. Mach-Zehnder Interference	211	(2)
7. Birefringence	213	(5)
8. Optical Activity	218	(5)
Chapter 7 PASSIVE COMPONENTS (I)	223	(54)
1. Introduction	223	(1)
2. Combiner/Splitter	223	(27)
3. Fixed and Tunable Filters	250	(16)
4. Isolator	266	(4)
5. Circulatpr	270	(2)
6. Attenuator	272	(5)
Chapter 8 PASSIVE COMPONENTS (II)	277
1. Introduction	277	(1)
2. Wavelength Division Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (WDM)	277	(15)
3. Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (OADM)	292	(5)
4. Optical Switch, Optical Corssconnet and Wavelength Router	297	(16)
5. Wavelength Converter	313