Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The fiber optics revolution
- 2 Basic optics
- 3 Basic characteristics of the optical fiber
- 4 Ray paths and pulse dispersion in planar optical waveguides
- 5 Pulse dispersion in graded index optical fibers
- 6 Material dispersion
- 7 Modes in planar waveguides
- 8 Propagation characteristics of a step index fiber
- 9 Propagation characteristics of graded index fibers
- 10 Waveguide dispersion and design considerations
- 11 Sources for optical fiber communication
- 12 Detectors for optical fiber communication
- 13 Design considerations of a fiber optic communication system
- 14 Optical fiber amplifiers
- 15 Dispersion compensation and chirping phenomenon
- 16 Optical solitons
- 17 Single-mode fiber optic components
- 18 Single-mode optical fiber sensors
- 19 Measurement methods in optical fibers: I
- 20 Measurement methods in optical fibers: II
- 21 Periodic interactions in waveguides
- 22 The ray equation in cartesian coordinates and its solutions
- 23 Ray paths and their classification in optical fibers
- 24 Leaky modes
- Appendix A Solution of the scalar wave equation for an infinite square law medium
- Appendix B The far-field pattern
- Appendix C WKB analysis of multimode fibers
- Appendix D Gaussian envelope approximation
- Appendix E Coupled-mode equations
- Appendix F Derivation of coupled-mode equation for periodic coupling
- Appendix G Leakage loss in optical waveguides
- References
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The fiber optics revolution
- 2 Basic optics
- 3 Basic characteristics of the optical fiber
- 4 Ray paths and pulse dispersion in planar optical waveguides
- 5 Pulse dispersion in graded index optical fibers
- 6 Material dispersion
- 7 Modes in planar waveguides
- 8 Propagation characteristics of a step index fiber
- 9 Propagation characteristics of graded index fibers
- 10 Waveguide dispersion and design considerations
- 11 Sources for optical fiber communication
- 12 Detectors for optical fiber communication
- 13 Design considerations of a fiber optic communication system
- 14 Optical fiber amplifiers
- 15 Dispersion compensation and chirping phenomenon
- 16 Optical solitons
- 17 Single-mode fiber optic components
- 18 Single-mode optical fiber sensors
- 19 Measurement methods in optical fibers: I
- 20 Measurement methods in optical fibers: II
- 21 Periodic interactions in waveguides
- 22 The ray equation in cartesian coordinates and its solutions
- 23 Ray paths and their classification in optical fibers
- 24 Leaky modes
- Appendix A Solution of the scalar wave equation for an infinite square law medium
- Appendix B The far-field pattern
- Appendix C WKB analysis of multimode fibers
- Appendix D Gaussian envelope approximation
- Appendix E Coupled-mode equations
- Appendix F Derivation of coupled-mode equation for periodic coupling
- Appendix G Leakage loss in optical waveguides
- References
- Index
Summary
The dramatic reduction in transmission loss of optical fibers coupled with equally important developments in the area of light sources and detectors have brought about a phenomenal growth of the fiber optic industry during the past two decades. Indeed, the birth of optical fiber communications coincided with the fabrication of low-loss optical fibers and operation of room temperature semiconductor lasers in 1970. Since then, the scientific and technological progress in the field has been so phenomenal that optical fiber communication systems find themselves already in the fifth generation within a span of about 25 years. Broadband optical fiber amplifiers coupled with wavelength division multiplexing techniques and soliton communication systems are some of the very important developments that have taken place in the past few years, which are already revolutionizing the field of fiber optics. Although the major application of optical fibers has been in the area of telecommunications, many new related areas such as fiber optic sensors, fiber optic devices and components, and integrated optics have witnessed considerable growth. In addition, optical fibers allow us to perform many interesting and simple experiments permitting us to understand basic physical principles.
With the all-pervading applications of optical fibers, many educational institutions have started courses on fiber optics. At our Institute, we have a threesemester M.Tech. program on Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (jointly run by the Physics and Electrical Engineering Departments) in which we have an extensive coverage of the theory of optical fibers and optical fiber communications and also many experiments and projects associated with it.
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- An Introduction to Fiber Optics , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998