Principles and Applications of Nonlinear Fiber Optics

Author: (USA) Aggawal, O. and H. Xu, T. and Bin
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Publishing Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Fiber optics is one of the major inventions of the 20th century, with its light guiding performance reaching perfection. It is difficult to imagine a better alternative. This book is an important translated work in the fields of optics, photonics, and optical communication, divided into two parts: Principles and Applications. The Principles section includes topics such as the equation of light transmission, group velocity dispersion, self-phase modulation, modulation instability and optical solitons, polarization effects, cross-phase modulation, stimulated scattering, and optical parametric processes, which are scientifically summarized as nonlinear fiber optics, focusing on fundamental concepts and principles. The Applications section covers fiber gratings, fiber couplers, various fiber interferometers, fiber amplifiers, and fiber lasers, as well as pulse compression techniques and transmission issues in optical communication systems and soliton wave systems, reflecting the application of nonlinear fiber optics in optical wave technology and optical communication. The book is rigorously theoretical, incorporating practical examples throughout, particularly closely linking new achievements and challenges in the field of optical communication. It is illustrated with numerous figures and diagrams, explaining concepts clearly and thoroughly, with exercises at the end of each chapter. This book is suitable as a teaching text for undergraduate and graduate students in optics, physics, electronic engineering, and related fields. It is also a very useful reference for engineers in the optical communication industry and researchers in the fields of fiber optics and nonlinear optics.