Optical Fiber CommunicationsThe third edition of this popular text and reference book presents the fundamental principles for understanding and applying optical fiber technology to sophisticated modern telecommunication systems.. Optical-fiber-based telecommunication networks have become a major information-transmission-system, with high capacity links encircling the globe in both terrestrial and undersea installations. Numerous passive and active optical devices within these links perform complex transmission and networking functions in the optical domain, such as signal amplification, restoration, routing, and switching. Along with the need to understand the functions of these devices comes the necessity to measure both component and network performance, and to model and stimulate the complex behavior of reliable high-capacity networks. |
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... photodetector . The photodetector senses the luminescent power falling upon it and converts the variation of this optical power into a correspond- ingly varying electric current . Since the optical signal is generally weakened and ...
... photodetector . The photodetector senses the luminescent power falling upon it and converts the variation of this optical power into a correspond- ingly varying electric current . Since the optical signal is generally weakened and ...
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... photodetector , q is the electron charge , and hy is the photon energy . Two important characteristics of a photodetector are its quantum efficiency and its response speed . These parameters depend on the material band gap , the oper ...
... photodetector , q is the electron charge , and hy is the photon energy . Two important characteristics of a photodetector are its quantum efficiency and its response speed . These parameters depend on the material band gap , the oper ...
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... photodetector , the photons can give up their energy and excite electrons from the valence band to the conduction band . This process generates free electron - hole pairs , which are known as photocarriers . When a reverse - bias ...
... photodetector , the photons can give up their energy and excite electrons from the valence band to the conduction band . This process generates free electron - hole pairs , which are known as photocarriers . When a reverse - bias ...
Contents
Structures and Waveguiding | 12 |
Signal Degradation in Optical Fibers | 48 |
Optical Sources | 80 |
Copyright | |
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absorption amplifier angle attenuation avalanche photodiode band gap bandwidth Bell Sys bias cable carrier Chap cladding coefficient communication systems components connector coupler coupling coupling loss data rate dB/km decibels density detector device distortion electric electromagnetic emission emitting energy equation fiber core fiber end fiber optic Figure frequency function given by Eq glass fibers graded-index fiber IEEE Trans input laser diodes layer Lett lifetime light source loss material dispersion measured method modal modulation multimode fibers n₁ n₂ numerical aperture operating optical output optical power optical signal optical source optical waveguide output power parameter percent photodetector photon pin photodiode preform propagation quantum efficiency radiation radius ratio receiver recombination refractive index refractive-index refractive-index profile semiconductor shown in Fig silica silicon single-mode spectral width splice star coupler step-index fiber surface T-coupler technique temperature thermal noise transmitter values voltage wave wavelength