Overview
- In-depth treatment of both linear fiber-optic systems and their key enabling devices
- Second edition incorporates latest aspects of linear fiber-optic transmission technologies e.g. high- level system architecture, algorithms for deriving the optimal frequency assignment, and directly- modulated or externally modulated laser transmitters
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 159)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Physics of High Speed Lasers
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Direct Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers Beyond Relaxation Oscillation
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Fiber Transmission Effects, System Perspectives and Innovative Approach to Broadband mm-Wave Subcarrier Optical Signals
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About this book
transmitters and the use of Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in linear fiber optic systems. Significant examples of field deployed military systems enabled by linear fiber optic links are described in an appendix.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
He received the 1996 IEEE LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award, the 1996 IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award, the 2008 OSA Nicholas Holonyak Award, the 2009 IEEE David Sarnoff Award and the 2009 IET J.J. Thomson Medal. He was an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University from 1988-90, and a professor of EECS at U.C. Berkeley since 1990. In 1997, he co-found LGC Wireless, Inc. (“L” of “LGC”.) LGC Wireless delivers cost-effective in-building wireless coverage and capacity solutions around the world. LGC Wireless was acquired by ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) in 2007.
Prof. Lau assumed Emeritus status in 2005.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ultra-high Frequency Linear Fiber Optic Systems
Authors: Kam Lau
Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16458-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-16457-6Published: 12 May 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26821-2Published: 15 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-16458-3Published: 10 May 2011
Series ISSN: 0342-4111
Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXIV, 256
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Networks, Applied and Technical Physics