Understanding Fiber Optics - Softcover

Hecht, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136490700 ISBN 13: 9780136490708

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1997

Synopsis

This volume focuses on the basic principles and technology of fibre optics. It explores the technical details of fiber optics, the fibres themeselves, the tools used to work with fibres, and the associated devices used to connect fibre networks.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This best-selling text is a useful tool for anyone who needs to better their understanding of fiber optics. The book takes a nontheorectical and nonmathematical approach. It conveys the technical details of fibers, describes the tools used to work with them, illustrates and explains the devices used to connect fiber networks, and takes the reader through fiber optic applications.

New features of the updated edition include:

• New chapters of Troubleshooting and Test Equipment and Optical Networking System Design.
• Questions to Think About in each chapter that will help readers understand and apply the information they've read.
• New appendices on ITU Optical Channels, Fundamental Constants, Conversion Factors and Key Equations.
• Several new and timely recommended reading suggestions.

An Instructor's Manual (ISBN 0-13-092394-X) is available free of charge to instructors who are using the book for a course.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0136490700
• ISBN 13: 9780136490708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 477