This new and revised Fifth Edition of Fiber Optic Communications incorporates coverage of significant advances made in the fiber industry in recent years to present a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to the basics of communicating using optical fiber transmission lines. Students will learn system design as well as operating principles, characteristics, and application of the components that comprise fiber-optic systems.
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Salient Features

Numerous illustrations and worked examples.
Over 200 homework problems-Includes answers to selected problems at the end of the book.
Wide range of topics-Includes fiber lasers and optical amplifiers, vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes, dense wavelength-division multiplexing, fiber Bragg grating technology, new component descriptions (fiber attenuator, circulator, and polarization controller), new phenomena descriptions (polarization mode dispersion, mode-partition noise), and power penalty.

Table of Content
Fiber Optic Communications Systems.
Optics Review.
Lightwave Fundamentals.
Integrated Optic Waveguides.
Optic Fiber Waveguides.
Optical Sources and Amplifiers.
Light Detectors.
Couplers and Connectors.
Distribution Networks and Fiber Components.
Modulation.
Noise and Detection.
System Design.