Optics

Plan and implement fiber optic networksEffectively design and deploy bandwidth-rich networks for major types of data traffic. Covering both short-reach and long-haul networks, Planning Fiber Optic Networks provides full details on all major fiber optic parameters and includes appropriate background theory and design calculations. You will find guidelines for optimizing SONET/SDH and Ethernet networks, setting up network topologies, minimizing signal loss and impairments, and using dark fiber. Real-world examples are included throughout this practical guide.Understand signal propagation in a single-mode fiberPlan an optical loss budgetMaintain an acceptable optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR)Learn about the effects of chromatic dispersion (CD) and po...

The book covers the area of fiber optics from an engineering perspective. Emphasis is placed on data conversion between electrical and optical domains and the way limitations in each domain affect the other domain. Techniques to improve the fidelity of this conversion (both from electrical to optical domain, and vise versa) are also covered. The first few chapters cover the required theoretical background including fundamentals of fiber optics communication, fiber optics networks, converting the electrical data to light, light transmission in the medium of fiber as well as converting light back to electrical signal. A critical chapter is dedicated to characterization of optical signals. The following chapters use the theoretical background to addres...

The present volume of PROGRESS IN OPTICS just like its thirteen predecessors, contains review articles covering recent researches in optics and related subjects. The first article, by J. C . Dainty, deals with the statistics of speckle patterns, i.e., with the statistics of the random variation of intensity that is produced when a highly coherent light beam is reflected or transmitted by an optically rough surface. In view of the increasing utilization of laser light it has become imperative to gain a good understanding of speckle phenomena. The article presents the most important aspects of the underlying theory. The second article, by A. Labeyrie, provides a review of modern high resolution techniques employed in optical astronomy. It gives an acco...