Preface ........................................................ ix
Units and Abbreviations ........................................ xi
1. Introduction ................................................ 1
2. Light Waves ................................................. 3
3. Carrier Wave Communication ................................. 17
4. Optical Fibers ............................................. 28
5. Loss in Optical Fibers ..................................... 55
6. Pulse Dispersion in Multimode Optical Fibers ............... 70
7. Pulse Dispersion in Single-Mode Optical Fibers ............. 86
8. Fiber Optic Communication Systems ......................... 100
9. Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Fiber Lasers ............ 125
10. Raman Fiber Amplifiers .................................... 151
11. Fiber Bragg Gratings ...................................... 168
12. Fiber Optic Components .................................... 186
13. Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers ....................... 205
14. Optical Fiber Sensors ..................................... 221
References and Suggested Reading .............................. 236
Index ......................................................... 239
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