Fiber Optic Communication (Advanced Textbook)

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. The main contents include: 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, receiver composition, noise analysis, and sensitivity calculation methods; the composition, performance parameters, and system design of optical communication systems; the basic principles, characteristics, and applications of various passive optical devices (especially wavelength division multiplexing devices) in optical communication; the development and evolution of optical networks, including Optical Transport Network (OTN), Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON), Burst Switched Optical Network (OBS), as well as the composition structures, key technologies, and development trends of metropolitan and access optical networks; new optical communication technologies that expand capacity and enhance 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 systematic and provides in-depth yet accessible explanations, making it suitable as a textbook for undergraduate students in communication and electronic information engineering, as well as a reference for scientists and engineers in the field of optical communication.