Fiber Optic Communication Principles and Technology

Author: Ma Junshan
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book can be used as a teaching material for undergraduate students in communication and electronic information engineering, and it can also serve as a reference for technical personnel engaged in optical fiber communication engineering. The book systematically introduces the basic knowledge and technology of the relevant components of optical communication systems, including fiber transmission theory and characteristics, fiber fabrication and cable structure, various optical passive devices, optical communication sources and transmitters, optical detectors and receivers, as well as electrical time-division multiplexing, wavelength-division multiplexing, optical time-division multiplexing, optical code-division multiplexing, and subcarrier multiplexing systems and related technologies. It also introduces the principles and related technologies of several main optical amplifiers, including semiconductor laser amplifiers, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, and Raman fiber amplifiers. Additionally, it covers new technologies and devices in optical communication, such as coherent optical communication, optical soliton communication, all-optical switching, all-optical wavelength conversion, and MOEMS optical switches.