Fibre–Optic Communications

Pierre Lecoy is the author of Fiber-Optic Communications, published by Wiley.

Foreword. Introduction. Chapter 1. Multimode Optical Fibers. 1.1. Overview of optics. 1.2. Dielectric waveguide. 1.3. Multimode optical fibers. 1.4. Propagation in multimode optical fibers. 1.5. Dispersion in multimode optical fibers. 1.6. Appendix: detail of calculation in section 1.4.2. Chapter 2. Single-Mode Optical Fibers. 2.1. Fiber optic field calculation. 2.2. Single-mode fiber characteristics. 2.3. Dispersion in single-mode fibers. 2.4. Polarization effects in single-mode fibers. 2.5. Non-linear effects in optical fibers. 2.6. Microstructured (photonic) optical fibers. Chapter 3. Fiber Optics Technology and Implementation. 3.1. Optical fiber materials and attenuation. 3.2. Manufacturing of optical fibers. 3.3. Optical fiber cables and connections. 3.4. Extrinsic fiber optic losses. 3.5. Optical fiber measurements. Chapter 4. Integrated Optics. 4.1. Principles. 4.2. Mode coupling and its applications. 4.3. Diffraction gratings. Chapter 5. Optical Components. 5.1. Passive non-selective optical components. 5.2. Wavelength division multiplexers. 5.3. Active optical components. 5.4. Fiber optic switches. Chapter 6. Optoelectronic Transmitters. 6.1. Principles of optoelectronic components. 6.2. Light-emitting diodes (LED). 6.3. Laser diodes. 6.4. Optical transmitter interface. 6.5. Comparison between optoelectronic emitters. Chapter 7. Optoelectronic Receivers. 7.1. Photodetectors. 7.2. Optical receiving interface. 7.3. Other photodetection schemas. Chapter 8. Optical Amplification. 8.1. Optical amplification in doped fiber. 8.2. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. 8.3. Noise calculation in amplified links. 8.4. Other types of optical amplifiers. Chapter 9. Fiber-Optic Transmission Systems. 9.1. Structure of a fiber-optic digital link. 9.2. Digital link design. 9.3. Digital link categories. 9.4. Fiber-optic analog transmissions. 9.5 Microwave over fiber optics links. Chapter 10. Fiber-Optic Networks. 10.1. Computer networks. 10.2. Access networks. 10.3. Wide area networks. 10.4. Toward all optical networks. 10.4.5. Trends. Chapter 11. Fiber-Optic Sensors and Instrumentation. 11.1. Fiber optics in instrumentation. 11.2. Non-coherent fiber-optic sensors. 11.3. Interferometric sensors. 11.4. Fiber optic sensor networks. Exercises. Bibliography. Index.