Fiber Optic Communications

by Joseph C. Palais

Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0130085103

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Book Description

The fifth edition of Fiber Optic Communications by Joseph C. Palais marks the book's twentieth anniversary. In the 20 years since the first edition of the book was published, fiber optics systems have become more flexible and less costly and information capacity and transmission length have increased. This edition includes the many new and improved components and system architectures that have been added to the fiber-optic-communications designer's tool kit.

New component discussions describe

• Improved fibers that more fully utilize the optical spectrum
• Non-zero dispersion shifted fibers
• Graded-index polymer fibers
• Raman amplifiers
• Erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers
• Arrayed waveguide gratings
• Electroabsorption modulators
• Optical micro-electro-mechanical (MEMs) components
• Dispersion compensators
• Tunable light sources
• Tunable filters
• Small-form-factor connectors
• Non-adhesive splices

Expanded coverage of system strategies and considerations include

• Optical time-division multiplexing
• Dense and coarse wavelength-division multiplexing
• Polarization mode dispersion
• External modulation

The fifth edition also includes new problems, new figures, new worked examples, and an updated bibliography.

Customer Reviews

I have two optical books on hand which is Understanding Fiber Optics and this one. For my own opinion, this one is more simple and understandable, good for anyone that graduate for a long time and forgot the basic theory.

This book is very suitable for those who have never seen the subject. It avoids cumbersome mathematics always when it is possible and when there is no way out, it presents in a very comprehensive way. Perfect for undergraduates.