Introduction to Fiber Optic Systems - Hardcover

Powers, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0256204144 ISBN 13: 9780256204148

Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This edition of the text offers a pragmatic approach to the study of fibre optics in communication. The text integrates diverse elements of fibre optics and provides a picture of how they are used in fibre optics communication, by introducing the terminology used and describing the building blocks of an optical fibre system. The text permits the reader to process initial design of optical links and to understand the tradeoffs made in designing and using a fibre optic communication line. This edition expands discussion of non-linearity, includes coverage of the latest developments in the field including new material on solitons, dispersion compensation techniques and fibre gratings, and also covers ATM, broadening the network applications covered to include banking together with computers and telecommunications.

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From the Publisher

User-oriented perspective: The book provides a clear focus for the user of fiber optics technologyCas opposed to the researcherCby eliminating extensive discussion of fiber optics theory and emphasizing the results as they are applied to items in a link. Much of the material covered has been consolidated to make it approachable and understandable to the novice.
Up-to-date coverage of fiber optics amplifiers: As with the first edition, the second edition of the book offers coverage of, and the latest developments concerning fiber optics amplifiers.
Introduction of SONET and FDDI standards for data networks: Coverage of these topics gives students an understanding of how fiber technology is applied to leading edge network systems for computers and telecommunications.
Pedagogy:
Worked out examples and exercises
End-of-Chapter problems
Chapter summaries

Expanded discussion of non-linearity: The discussion of non-linearity has been expanded in order to expose the student to a broader dimension of scenarios related to fiber optics.
Coverage of latest developments in the field: New material on solitons, dispersion compensation techniques, and fiber gratings reflect that latest developments in the field and provide the reader with the most recent information available.
Coverage of ATM: Material on ATM has been added to the data networks section, broadening the network applications covered to include banking, along side computers (SONET) and telecommunications (FDDI.)
Rearrangement, consolidation, or elimination of material: Considerable attention was paid by the author to tightening the presentation both for the sake of clarity and in the interest of excluding material that was of tangential usefulness to the user of fiber optics. Thus, the Chapter 6 of the first edition, Splicers, Connectors, and Couplers was moved to Chapter 4 in the new edition, thereby adding to the clarity and logic of the presentation; Chapters 9 (Coherent Techniques) 11(Fiber Optic Sensors) 12 (Fiber Fabrication) of the first edition have been eliminated, thereby heightening the focus of the new edition; and Chapter 13 of the first edition on measurement has been eliminated, with measurement now integrated throughout the body of the text and introduced as needed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0256204144
• ISBN 13: 9780256204148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 500