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Polarization Optics in Telecommunications

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  1. Jay N. Damask
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  • The strong investments into optical telecommunications in the late 1990s
  • resulted in a wealth of new research, techniques, component designs, and
  • understanding of polarization effects in fiber. Polarization Optics in
  • Telecommunications brings together recent advances in the field to create a
  • standard, practical reference for component designers and optical fiber
  • communication engineers. Beginning with a sound foundation in
  • electromagnetism, the author offers a dissertation of the spin-vector
  • formalism of polarization and the interaction of light with media.
  • Applications discussed include optical isolators, optical circulators,
  • fiber collimators, and a variety of applied waveplate and prism
  • combinations. Also included in an extended discussion of polarization-mode
  • dispersion (PMD) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL), their
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 101)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  6. Collimator Technologies

    Pages 211-246

  7. Isolators

    Pages 247-272

  8. Circulators

    Pages 273-296

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 491-520
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About this book

I have written this book to ?ll a void between theory and practice, a void that Iperceivedwhileconductingmyownresearchanddevelopmentofcomponents and instruments over the last ?ve years. In the chapters that follow I have pulled materials from the technical and patent literature that are relevant to the understanding and practice of polarization optics in telecommuni- tions, material that is often known by the respective experts in industry and academia but is rarely if ever found in one place. By bringing this material intoonemonograph,andbyapplyingasingleformalismthroughout,Ihopeto create a “base level” upon which future research and development can grow. Polarization optics in telecommunications is an ever-evolving ?eld. Each yearsigni?cantadvancementsaremade,punctuatedbyimportantdiscoveries. The references upon which this book is based are only a snap-shot in time. Areasthatremainunresolvedatthetimeofpublicationmayverywellbecl- i?ed in the years to come. Moreover, the focus of the ?eld changes in time: for instance, there have been few passive nonreciprocal component advancements reported in the last few years, but PMD and PDL advancement continues with only modest abatement.
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