Fundamentals of microwave photonics / / Vincent J. Urick Jr., Jason D. McKinney, Keith J. Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140486603321
• Autore: Urick Vincent J., Jr. (Vincent Jude), <1979->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-119-02980-5; 1-119-02981-3; 1-119-02978-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (489 p.)
• Collana: Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering
• Disciplina: 621.36/5
• Soggetti: Microwave communication systems; Photonics
• 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Enabling Technological Advances and Benefits of Fiber Optic Links; 1.2 Analog Versus Digital Fiber Optic Links; 1.3 Basic Fiber Optic Components; 1.4 Analog Links Within RF Systems; References; Chapter 2 Analog Performance Metrics; 2.1 The Scattering Matrix; 2.2 Noise Figure; 2.3 Dynamic Range; 2.3.1 Compression Dynamic Range; 2.3.2 Spurious-Free Dynamic Range; 2.4 Cascade Analysis; References; Chapter 3 Sources of Noise in Fiber Optic Links; 3.1 Basic Concepts; 3.2 Thermal Noise; 3.3 Shot Noise; 3.4 Lasers; 3.5 Optical Amplifiers3.5.1 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers; 3.5.2 Raman and Brillouin Fiber Amplifiers; 3.5.3 Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers; 3.6 Photodetection; References; Chapter 4 Distortion in Fiber Optic Links; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Distortion in Electrical-to-Optical Conversion; 4.3 Optical Amplifier Distortion; 4.4 Photodetector Distortion; 4.4.1 Photodetector Distortion Measurement Systems; 4.4.2 Photodetector Nonlinear Mechanisms; References; Chapter 5 Propagation Effects; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Double Rayleigh Scattering; 5.3 RF Phase in Fiber Optic Links; 5.4 Chromatic Dispersion; 5.5 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering5.6 Stimulated Raman Scattering; 5.7 Cross-Phase Modulation; 5.8 Four-Wave Mixing; 5.9 Polarization Effects; References; Chapter 6 External Intensity Modulation with Direct Detection; 6.1 Concept and Link Architectures; 6.2 Signal Transfer and Gain; 6.3 Noise and Performance Metrics; 6.3.1 General Equations; 6.3.2 Shot-Noise-Limited Equations; 6.3.3 RIN-Limited Equations; 6.3.4 Trade Space Analysis; 6.4 Photodetector Issues and Solutions; 6.5 Linearization Techniques; 6.6 Propagation Effects; References; Chapter 7 External Phase Modulation with Interferometric Detection7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Signal Transfer and Gain; 7.3 Noise and Performance Metrics; 7.4 Linearization Techniques; 7.5 Propagation Effects; 7.6 Other Techniques for Optical Phase Demodulation; References; Chapter 8 Other Analog Optical Modulation Methods; 8.1 Direct Laser Modulation; 8.1.1 Direct Intensity Modulation; 8.1.2 Direct Frequency Modulation; 8.2 Suppressed Carrier Modulation with a Low Biased MZM; 8.3 Single-Sideband Modulation; 8.4 Sampled Analog Optical Links; 8.4.1 RF Downconversion Via Sampled Analog Optical Links; 8.4.2 Mitigation of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering with Sampled Links8.5 Polarization Modulation; References; Chapter 9 High Current Photodetectors; 9.1 Photodetector Compression; 9.2 Effects Due to Finite Series Resistance; 9.3 Thermal Limitations; 9.4 Space-Charge Effects; 9.5 Photodetector Power Conversion Efficiency; 9.6 State of the Art for Power Photodetectors; References; Chapter 10 Applications and Trends; 10.1 Point-to-Point Links; 10.2 Analog Fiber Optic Delay Lines; 10.3 Photonic-Based RF Signal Processing; 10.3.1 Wideband Channelization; 10.3.2 Instantaneous Frequency Measurement; 10.3.3 Downconversion
• Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive resource to designing andconstructing analog photonic links capable of high RFperformanceFundamentals of Microwave Photonics provides acomprehensive description of analog optical links from basicprinciples to applications. The book is organized into fourparts. The first begins with a historical perspective of microwavephotonics, listing the advantages of fiber optic links anddelineating analog vs. digital links. The second section coversbasic principles associated with microwave photonics in both the RFand optical domains. The third focuses on analog modulationformats-starti

Morris Graves : Selected Letters / / edited by Vicki Halper and Lawrence Fong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798367603321
• Autore: Graves Morris <1910-2001.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Seattle, Washington ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Washington Press, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-295-80687-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Collana: McLellan Endowed Series
• Classificazione: LCO011000ART015110ART015020
• Disciplina: 759.13
• Soggetti: Painters; ART - History - General; ART - American - General; ART - History - Contemporary (1945- ); LITERARY COLLECTIONS - Letters; Painters - United States; Personal correspondence; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A McLellan book."
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE -- PEOPLE; 1. Family; 2. Friends; 3. Intimacy; PART TWO -- PLACES; 4. Nesting; 5. Flying; PART THREE -- ART; 6. Money; 7. Meaning; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Morris Graves is a major American painter with roots in the Pacific Northwest. Morris Graves: Selected Letters draws on a vast cache of the his unpublished correspondence, dating from his teenage years until his death in 2001. Few visual artists of any era have left such a rich and wide-ranging collections of letters, which makes this body of work an unusual and valuable document in American art. The Graves correspondence is remarkable for its scope, variety, and depth. Written to many correspondents over long periods of time, the letters include the artist's reflections on his art, the art world, philosophy (Zen Buddhism and Vedanta in particular), architecture (Graves designed his ; homes and gardens), and relationships with family, friends, and lovers. Graves himself preserved most of the letters, or copies of them, and put no restrictions on their use. Other letters come from a wide range of private and institutional sources. Among the correspondents are Graves's family; Marian Willard, his art dealer; Richard Svare, his companion in the 1950s; and Nancy Wilson Ross, novelist and Buddhist scholar. Other notable figures with whom Graves corresponded are poet Carolyn Kizer, art critic Theodore Wolff, curator Peter Selz, choreographer Merce Cunningham (for whom Graves created a set design), and painter Mark Tobey. Recurrent themes in the Graves letters are the tensions between sociability and solitude; the desire to be free of the material world versus the need for material comfort; the dismissal of commerce and the desperate need for money; the pleasures and pitfalls of love; and the difficulties of the creative life. The letters are organized topically under the broad categories of people (family, friends, intimates), places (homes and travels), and art (finances and philosophy). Independent curator Vicki Halper knew Graves toward the end of his life through her work as a modern art curator at the Seattle Art Museum. Lawrence Fong is the curator of American and regional art at the University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. "A lively, valuable first-person resource by one of the region's most acclaimed artists. This collection of letters is refreshing for the fuller picture it provides of Graves's thoughts and actions. The notes identifying people and places in the correspondence are beautifully distilled, providing just enough to locate the letters without distracting from them."--Barbara Johns, author of Paul Horiuchi: East and West and Signs of Home: The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita"This book is the essence of the rare written work of one of the most interesting artists of twentieth-century America. He is not only one of the essential figures in the American Northwest but also one of the leading artists between the Asian and western world."--Wulf Herzogenrath, Director, Kunsthalle Bremen"--