Fiber Optic Essentials
This book is a MUST for everyone in and around the optics community!\ Fiber Optic Essentials provides professionals and students new to the field of fiber optics with a high-level knowledge of principles, theories and applications. This primer can also be used as a succinct overview of optics for those with some engineering and physics background. Individuals involved with optics in non-traditional capacities such as in marketing and legal departments will find this volume introduces basic...
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This book is a MUST for everyone in and around the optics community!Fiber Optic Essentials provides professionals and students new to the field of fiber optics with a high-level knowledge of principles, theories and applications. This primer can also be used as a succinct overview of optics for those with some engineering and physics background. Individuals involved with optics in non-traditional capacities such as in marketing and legal departments will find this volume introduces basic concepts completely in an easy to read format. Casimer and Carolyn DeCusatis have provided a concise resource with compact chapters and minimal equations conveying this complex topic in a straightforward and clear-cut style. Included in this book are chapters on fibers, cables, connectors, transmitters, modulators, noise, and optical link design. Concluding this reference are three indispensable appendices covering extensive definitions, acronyms (including initials and commonly used slang), measurement conversions and physical constants. This author team has produced a book that has truly shed light on this difficult subject.Key Features:+ Comprehensively covers basic fiber optic ‘facts’+ Explains how optics relate to everyday life+ Details fiber optic communication standards+ Chapter included on medical applications+ Timeline traces the history of optics with major milestonesAbout the Authors:Casimer DeCusatis is a Distinguished Engineer for IBM Corporation, Poughkeepsie NY. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the Optical Society of America, an IBM Master Inventor, and has received various industry awards for his work on fiber optics. He has edited and authored many books, including the two volume Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communications.Carolyn J. Sher DeCusatis is a physicist and writer who has contributed to many technical books, including the Optical Engineer’s Desk Reference and the Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communications.
Ch. 1Fiber, cables, and connectors1Ch. 2Transmitters29Ch. 3Detectors and receivers55Ch. 4Fiber optic link design93Ch. 5Repeaters and optical amplifiers111Ch. 6Wavelength multiplexing125Ch. 7Fiber optic communication standards149Ch. 8Fabrication of measurement165Ch. 9Medical applications181Ch. 10Fiber facts195Ch. 11Fiber optic timeline207
\ From the Publisher"Fiber Optic Essentials lives up to its name. In fewer than 300 pages, you will learn about the fundamentals of fiber optics, from the fiber itself to the transmitters and receivers to the design of FO systems. You’ll also get a brief exposure to network protocols and to fiber-optic applications outside of communications, such as medical imaging." - Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor - Test & Measurement World, 10/1/2006\ \
