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Optical Components for Communications

Principles and Applications

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  • An incomparable book that provides the reader with an understanding of a highly technical subject in a way that is both academically sound and easy to read

  • Exceptional in its ability to span a subject from the very abstract, fundamental principles of operations to the very specific real world applications of the technology

  • No other single title to date has provided this level of analysis for such a wide range of components

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction to Optical Communication

    • Ching-Fuh Lin
    Pages 1-43
  3. Transmitters (I) --- Light Sources

    • Ching-Fuh Lin
    Pages 45-85
  4. Transmitter (II) --- Modulators

    • Ching-Fuh Lin
    Pages 87-105
  5. Optical Amplifiers

    • Ching-Fuh Lin
    Pages 107-138
  6. Principles of Optics for Passive Components

    • Ching-Fuh Lin
    Pages 177-222
  7. Passive Components (I)

    • Ching-Fuh Lin
    Pages 223-276
  8. Passive Components (II)

    • Ching-Fuh Lin
    Pages 277-320
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 321-332

About this book

Optical Components for Communications is an incomparable book that provides the reader with an understanding of a highly technical subject in a way that is both academically sound and easy to read. Readers with a fundamental understanding of physics from an undergraduate degree will find Dr. Lin's explanation of the principles of quantum physics and optics in this book easy to grasp. This book is also exceptional in its ability to span a subject from the very abstract, fundamental principles of operations to the very specific real world applications of the technology.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Ching-Fuh Lin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Optical Components for Communications

  • Book Subtitle: Principles and Applications

  • Authors: Ching-Fuh Lin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4178-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7636-7Published: 31 December 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5399-5Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4178-0Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 332

  • Topics: Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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