Optical Components for Communications
Subtitle: Principles and Applications
By: by Ching-Fuh Lin
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781441953995; 9781475741780
Subjects: Physics
Description: 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.
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Table of contents: title: From the Contents: Preface; title: 1: Introduction to Optical Communication; title: 2: Transmitters (I) - Light Sources; title: 3: Transmitters (II) - Modulators; title: 5: Photodetectors and Detection of Optical Radiation; title: 6: Principles of Optics for Passive Components; title: 7: Passive Components (I); title: 8: Passive Components (II).