Fiber optic communication

Author: Gu Wenyi
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book systematically presents the fundamental theories and key technologies of optical fiber communication, with the main content including: the transmission theory and properties of optical fibers; the working principles and characteristics of semiconductor lasers, light source modulation, and optical transmitters; the working principles and characteristics of photodetectors, the composition of receivers, noise analysis, and sensitivity calculation methods; the structure, performance parameters, and system design of optical communication systems; the basic principles, characteristics, and applications of various passive optical components (especially wavelength division multiplexing devices) in optical communication; the development and evolution of optical networks, including optical transport networks (OTN), automatic switching optical networks (ASON), burst switching optical networks (OBS), as well as the structural composition, key technologies, and development trends of metropolitan and access optical networks; new optical communication technologies that expand capacity and add functionality, such as dispersion compensation, packet optical switching, optical time-division multiplexing, quantum communication, etc. Finally, the book introduces the measurement techniques of optical communication. This book is highly systematic and presents its content in an accessible manner, making it suitable as a textbook for undergraduate students in communication and electronic information disciplines, as well as a reference book for science and technology professionals in the field of optical communication.