Coherent And Nonlinear Lightwave Communications / Edition 1

by Milorad Cvijetic

Overview

This comprehensive guide presents a systematic, up-to-date review of modulation and detection principles, and provides new insights into recent research in modern telecommunications. With coverage of topics that include bit-error rate calculations for ASK, FSK, PSK and DPSK, noise characteristics of semiconductor lasers, and characteristics of optical amplifiers, the book helps you better understand the development and future of lightwave guide communications. Includes 57 figures and over 700 equations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890065907
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Series:	Artech House Optoelectronics Library Series
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Evaluation of Coherent Optical Receiver Sensitivity. Optical Transmitters for Coherent Lightwave Systems. Optical Receivers for Coherent Lightwave Systems. Coherent Lightwave Systems. Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers. Soliton Transmission in Optical Fiber. Optical Amplifiers for Coherent and Nonlinear Systems. Nonlinear Lightwave Systems.

Editorial Reviews

Describes the phenomena related to the advent of coherent and nonlinear lightware communications, with emphasis on their fundamental aspects, and examination of new avenues for the practical achievement of theoretically predicted limits. Addressed to research telecommunications engineers dealing with optical communications systems, engineers dealing with broadband telecommunications systems, postgraduate electrical engineering students, and particularly to senior-level electrical engineering students. Assumes familiarity with electromagnetic theory, basic concepts of optics and electronics, elementary differential equations, and fundamental principles of communications theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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