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Graduate textbook and reference. While engineering aspects are discussed, the focus is on a physical understanding of the subject. Topics include: optical fibers, optical sources and transmitters, optical detectors and receivers, coherent lightwave systems, multichannel communication systems, optical amplifiers, and soliton communication systems. Includes problems at the end of each chapter. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Offers a comprehensive, updated account of this rapidly advancing field in such a way that it can be used as a textbook and a reference monograph. Although the focus is on physical understanding, engineering applications are also discussed. Coverage includes multichannel lightwave systems, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, soliton communication systems and much more. Each chapter features an extensive reference list as well as an instructive set of problems.
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