Guided wave optical components and devices [[electronic resource] ] : basics, technology, and applications / / edited by Bishnu P. Pal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457976603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-281-03261-1; 9786611032616; 0-08-053271-3
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (467 p.)
• Collana: Optics and photonics
• Altri autori (Persone): PalBishnu P. <1948->
• Disciplina: 621.36/92
• Soggetti: Optoelectronic devices; Integrated optics; Optical wave guides; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Guided Wave Optical Components and Devices: Basics, Technology, and Applications; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1. Optical Fibers for Broadband Lightwave Communication: Evolutionary Trends in Designs; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; 3. EMERGENCE OF FIBER AMPLIFIERS AND DWDM SYSTEMS; 4. FIBERS FOR METRO NETWORKS; 5. COARSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; 6. COMBATING PMD IN A FIBER; 7. CONCLUSION; 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 9. REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Recent Development of a Polymer Optical Fiber and its Applications; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TYPES OF POFs; 3. MANUFACTURE OF POFS4. COMPARISON BETWEEN SILICA FIBER AND POLYMER FIBER; 5. APPLICATIONS OF POFs; 6. POLYMER FIBER GRATINGS; 7. SEGMENTED CLADDING POF; 8. DYE-DOPED POLYMER FIBER AMPLIFIER; 9. CONCLUSIONS; 10. REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Microstructured Optical Fibers; 1. FIBERS WITH MICRON-SCALE STRUCTURE; 2. OVERVIEW OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES; 3. FABRICATION APPROACHES; 4. FIBER DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; 5. SILICA HFS; 6. SOFT GLASS FIBERS; 7. PBGFs; 8. CONCLUSION AND THE FUTURE; 9. ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 10. REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Photonic Bandgap-Guided Bragg Fibers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BRAGG FIBERS; 3. DISPERSION COMPENSATING BRAGG FIBER4. BRAGG FIBERS FOR METRO NETWORKS; 5. FABRICATION; 6. CONCLUSION; 7. REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Radial Effective Index Method for the Analysis of Microstructured Fibers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE REIM; 3. SEGMENTED CLADDING FIBER; 4. HOLEY FIBER; 5. CONCLUSION; 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT; 7. REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Some Important Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NONLINEAR POLARIZATION; 3. THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR EFFECTS; 4. CONCLUSIONS; 5. REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Fiber Optic Parametric Amplifiers for Lightwave Systems; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THEORY OF FWM3. SINGLE-PUMP PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; 4. DUAL PUMP PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; 5. FLUCTUATIONS OF ZDWL; 6. EFFECT OF RESIDUAL FIBER BIREFRINGENCE; 7. SUMMARY; 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 9. REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EDFA; 3. POPULATION INVERSION AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION; 4. OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION IN EDFAs; 5. GAIN FLATTENING OF EDFAs; 6. NOISE IN AMPLIFIERS; 7. EDFAs for the S-Band; 8. CONCLUSIONS; 9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 10. REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Fiber Optic Raman Amplifiers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; 3. MODERN RAMAN AMPLIFIERS; 4. PERFORMANCE LIMITING FACTORS5. AMPLIFICATION OF OPTICAL PULSES; 6. REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Application of Numerical Analysis Techniques for the Optimization of Wideband Amplifier Performances; 1. FOREWORD; 2. POWER EFFICIENCY: L-BAND EDFA; 3. GAIN ENGINEERING: RAMAN AMPLIFIER; 4. TRANSIENT THULIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; 5. CONCLUSION; 6. REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Analog/Digital Transmission with High-Power Fiber Amplifiers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENT; 3. RESULTS; 4. REFERENCES; Chapter 12. Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers for Dynamic Optical Networks; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EDFAS FOR HIGH CAPACITY NETWORKS
• Sommario/riassunto: The book provides a comprehensive, lucid, and clear introduction to the world of guided wave optical components and devices. Bishnu Pal has collaborated with some of the greatest minds in optics to create a truly inclusive treatise on this contemporary topic. Written by leaders in the field, this book delivers cutting-edge research and essential information for professionals, researchers, and students on emerging topics like microstructured fibers, broadband fibers, polymer fiber components and waveguides, acousto-optic interactions in fibers, higher order mode fibers, nonlinear and parametr