Review:
"...a thorough and consistent account of all underlying physical principles, fabrication types, device techniques...a coherent result...recommended unreservedly." --Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2001
From the Back Cover:
Optical fibers have revolutionized telecommunication by becoming the most widely used and most efficient devices for relaying information over long distances. Fiber Bragg gratings are simply composed of a periodic variation in the refractive index in the core of an optical fiber, induced by exposure to ultraviolet radiation. These cheap in-line components are diffractive elements, which can filter light guided in optical fibers so that any par of the optical transmission spectrum can be manipulated.
While the market for optical fibers continues to grow, the next stage in the field of communication is the mass delivery of integrated services. FBGs may be used for channel selection, channel blocking, narrow band mirrors for lasers, or compact devices for compensating for the pulse spreading in communication links. They will allow the fabrication of an unprecedented number of devices, with a multitude of applications in fiber optic communication, lasers amplifiers, and sensing. The opportunities that fiber Bragg gratings provide are of enormous importance for the further development of fiber optic communication as cost-effective and efficient transmission devices of the future.
Fiber Bragg Gratings is the result of a growing demand for focused and reliable information on fiber Bragg gratings. It aims to bring together the fundamentals of FBGs, their specific characteristics, and their numerous applications. Of interest to researchers, scientists, graduate students, and industrial practitioners in the field of fabrication of fiber optic materials and devices, this book covers the fundamental principles of fiber Bragg gratings, photosensitization of optical fibers, fiber Bragg grating fabrication, theory, properties of grating, specific application and measurement techniques.
The author, Raman Kashyap, is one of the pioneers of this fast-growing field of applied optical communications. He was instrumental in organizing the first international symposium on photosensitivity of optical fibers.|Optical fibers have revolutionized telecommunication by becoming the most widely used and most efficient devices for relaying information over long distances. Fiber Bragg gratings are simply composed of a periodic variation in the refractive index in the core of an optical fiber, induced by exposure to ultraviolet radiation. These cheap in-line components are diffractive elements, which can filter light guided in optical fibers so that any par of the optical transmission spectrum can be manipulated.
While the market for optical fibers continues to grow, the next stage in the field of communication is the mass delivery of integrated services. FBGs may be used for channel selection, channel blocking, narrow band mirrors for lasers, or compact devices for compensating for the pulse spreading in communication links. They will allow the fabrication of an unprecedented number of devices, with a multitude of applications in fiber optic communication, lasers amplifiers, and sensing. The opportunities that fiber Bragg gratings provide are of enormous importance for the further development of fiber optic communication as cost-effective and efficient transmission devices of the future.
Fiber Bragg Gratings is the result of a growing demand for focused and reliable information on fiber Bragg gratings. It aims to bring together the fundamentals of FBGs, their specific characteristics, and their numerous applications. Of interest to researchers, scientists, graduate students, and industrial practitioners in the field of fabrication of fiber optic materials and devices, this book covers the fundamental principles of fiber Bragg gratings, photosensitization of optical fibers, fiber Bragg grating fabrication, theory, properties of grating, specific application and measurement techniques.
The author, Raman Kashyap, is one of the pioneers of this fast-growing field of applied optical communications. He was instrumental in organizing the first international symposium on photosensitivity of optical fibers.
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