Applications In Nonlinear Fiber Optics

Govind Agrawal

ISBN 0120451441
Pages 459

Description
Most of the material in this volume is new. The first three chapters deal with three important fiber-optic components--fiber-based gratings, couplers, and interferometers--that serve as the building blocks of lightwave technology. In view of the enormous impact of rare-earth-doped fibers, amplifiers and lasers made by using such fibers are covered in Chapters 4 and 5. The last three chapters describe important applications of nonlinear fiber optics and are devoted to pulse-compression techniques, fiber-optic communication systems, and soliton-based transmission schemes. This volume should serve well the need of the scientific community interested in such fields as ultrafast phenomena, optical amplifiers and lasers, and optical communications. It will also be useful to graduate students as well as scientists and engineers involved in lightwave technology.

Contents
Preface 1. Fiber Gratings 2. Fiber Couplers 3. Fiber Interferometers 4. Fiber Amplifiers 5. Fiber Lasers 6. Pulse Compression 7. Fiber-Optic Communications 8. Soliton Lightwave Systems Appendix A. Bit-error rate Appendix B. Acronyms Index