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This book reviews the potential of this powerful technology and demonstrates where the electronics and the mechanical engineering can play their part in the design of a real practical system.

Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.

This book is intended for training installers of fiber optic networks. Technicians and electricians eager to learn more about fiber optic design, installation, and troubleshooting will find this book a practical and comprehensive source, useful in both training and self-study situations. The manual also includes an interesting history of the development of fiber optics and an overview of the basics of technology to give perspective to the reader. A glossary of terms and resource guide are includ...

Focusing on connection technologies used for both single-mode and multimode fibers, this book explains multifiber connections such as mass-fusion splice and multifiber connectors. Information on fluoride glass fibers, doped fibers (EDFA), and components is included.

Focusing on antenna design with fibre optics, this text presents the fundamentals of optical beamforming networks.

This book is both a coherent exposition and an in-depth mathematical analysis of polarized light in fiber optics. It also is an essential reference for scientists, optical and electrical engineers, optical physicists, and researchers working in the field of fiber optics and in related optical fields. Upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing-education students will refer to it again and again.

This book is a MUST for everyone in and around the optics community! Fiber Optic Essentials provides professionals and students new to the field of fiber optics with a high-level knowledge of principles, theories and applications. This primer can also be used as a succinct overview of optics for those with some engineering and physics background. Individuals involved with optics in non-traditional capacities such as in marketing and legal departments will find this volume introduces basic conc...

Nanophotonics is a field of science and technology based on the manipulation of light with equally miniscule structures, in the same way that computer chips are used to route and switch electrical signals. By enabling new high bandwidth, high speed optoelectronic components, nanophotonics has the potential to revolutionize the fields of telecommunications, computation and sensing. In this book, Zalevsky and Abdulhalim explore one of the key technologies emerging within nanophotonics, that of n...

The Handbook of Image and Video Processing contains a comprehensive and highly accessible presentation of all essential mathematics, techniques, and algorithms for every type of image and video processing used by scientists and engineers. The timely volume will provide both the novice and the seasoned practitioner with the necessary information and skills to be able to develop algorithms and applications for multimedia, digital imaging, digital video, telecommunications, and World Wide Web indus...

Reflecting the growing importance of multi-mode transmission media in communications, radar, sensors, remote sensing, and many other industrial applications, this work presents analytic methods for calculating the transmission statistics of microwave and optical components with random imperfections. The emphasis here is on multi-mode waveguides, optical fibers, and directional couplers-described by the coupled line equations with random parameters-as well as multi-layer optical coatings used as...

This set brings together two volumes that are also available separately. Volume one considers the investment opportunities made possible by alternative technologies for broadband access. Volume two covers advances in optical network technologies, and explores business opportunities.

Provides clear and comprehensive coverage of an increasingly important area of communications engineering. Examines all facets of design and manufacture of optical cables and optical communications systems, with an emphasis on the practical applications of lightwave conductors. Topics include the physical operations and materials used to make optical waveguides and the latest applications of optical communications systems, such as IJDN. The text is supported by numerous illustrations, many in fu...

Introduction to Fiber-Optic Communications provides students with the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of modern optical fiber communications and applications, striking a fine balance between theory and practice that avoids excessive mathematics and derivations. Unlike other textbooks currently available, this book covers all of the important recent technologies and developments in the field, including electro-optic modulators, coherent optical systems, and silicon integrated photonic cir...