Optical Fiber Telecommunications III (Volume A)

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608 pages, Academic Press, 1997. ISBN 0-12-395170-4 Fully updated to address the recent advances in lightwave systems, Optical Fiber Telecommunications III, Volumes A & B, provide definitive coverage of the most important aspects of today‘s optical fiber communications technology and give insight into developing research in what has become a multi-billion dollar global industry. Volume A, written by world-renowned experts in the field, is the first of two expansive and comprehensive volumes to provide a complete overview of lightwave systems and components, in both the commercial and research arenas. A thorough coverage of important background concepts such as SONET and coding device technology are covered, as are the latest breakthroughs in the design and processing of fiber and cable, as well as new designs in terrestrial and undersea systems. CONTENTS: Overview SONET and ATM Coding and Error Correction in Optical Fiber Communications Systems Advances in Fiber Design and Processing Advances in Cable Design Polarization Effects in Lightwave Systems Dispersion Compensation for Optical Fiber Systems Fiber Nonlinearities and Their Impact on Transmission Systems Terrestrial Amplified Lightwave System Design Undersea Amplified Lightwave Systems Design Advances in High Bit-Rate Transmission Systems Solitons in High Bit-Rate, Long-Distance Transmission Survey of Fiber Optics in Local Access Architectures Lightwave Analog Video Transmission Advanced Multiaccess Lightwave Networks