Fiber Optics: Physics and Technology - Couverture rigide

Mitschke, Fedor

 
9783662527627: Fiber Optics: Physics and Technology
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3662527626 ISBN 13 : 9783662527627
Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2016

Synopsis

This book tells you all you want to know about optical fibers: Their structure, their light-guiding mechanism, their material and manufacture, their use.

It began with telephone, then came telefax and email. Today we use search engines, music downloads and internet videos, all of which require shuffling of bits and bytes by the zillions. The key to all this is the conduit: the line which is designed to carry massive amounts of data at breakneck speed. In their data carrying capacity optical fiber lines beat all other technologies (copper cable, microwave beacons, satellite links) hands down, at least in the long haul; wireless devices rely on fibers, too.

Several effects tend to degrade the signal as it travels down the fiber: they are spelled out in detail. Nonlinear processes are given due consideration for a twofold reason: On the one hand they are fundamentally different from the more familiar processes in electrical cable. On the other hand, they form the basis of particularly interesting and innovative applications, provided they are understood well enough. A case in point is the use of so-called solitons, i.e. special pulses of light which have the wonderful property of being able to heal after perturbation.
The book will take you from the physical basics of ray and beam optics, explain fiber structure and the functions of optical elements, and bring you to the forefront of both applications and research. The state of the art of high speed data transmission is described, and the use of fiber optic sensors in metrology is treated. The book is written in a pedagogical style so that students of both physics and electrical engineering, as well as technicians and engineers involved in optical technologies, will benefit. The new edition is largely updated and has new sections on nonlinear phenomena in fibers as well as on the latest trends in applications.

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À propos de l?auteur

Fedor Mitschke, a German physicist, was involved in pioneering work on fiberoptic solitons at Bell Laboratories in 1985-1986. He has held teaching positions at universities in Hannover, Munich, Münster, and Rostock (all in Germany).

Since 1997 he holds the chair for optics at the Institute of Physics at Rostock University. This book grew out of lectures he gave at Hannover, Münster, Rostock, and as visiting professor in Luleå.

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Éditeur
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3662527626
ISBN 13 
9783662527627
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
349
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