Kaminow I.P., Li T., Willner A.E. (Eds.) Optical Fiber Telecommunications V A: Components and Subsystems

5th edition, Academic Press, Elsevier, 2008, 931 pages, ISBN10: 0123741718Optical Fiber Telecommunications V (A&B) is the fifth in a series that has chronicled the progress in the research and development of lightwave communications since the early 1970s. Written by active authorities from academia and industry, this edition not only brings a fresh look to many essential topics but also focuses on network management and services. Using high bandwidth in a cost-effective manner for the development of customer applications is a central theme. This book is ideal for R&D engineers and managers, optical systems implementers, university researchers and students, network operators, and the investment community.Volume (A) is devoted to components and subsystems, including: semiconductor lasers, modulators, photodetectors, integrated photonic circuits, photonic crystals, specialty fibers, polarization-mode dispersion, electronic signal processing, MEMS, nonlinear optical signal processing, and quantum information technologies. Volume (B) is devoted to systems and networks, including: advanced modulation formats, coherent systems, time-multiplexed systems, performance monitoring, reconfigurable add-drop multiplexers, Ethernet technologies, broadband access and services, metro networks, long-haul transmission, optical switching, microwave photonics, computer interconnections, and simulation tools.Overview of OFT V Volumes A & B
Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Genesis—The Excitonic Zoo—Novel Devices for Future Applications
High-Speed Low-Chirp Semiconductor Lasers
Recent Advances in Surface-Emitting Lasers
Pump Diode Lasers
Ultrahigh-Speed Laser Modulation by Injection Locking
Recent Developments in High-Speed Optical Modulators
Advances in Photodetectors
Planar Lightwave Circuits in Fiber-Optic Communications
III–V Photonic Integrated Circuits and Their Impact on Optical Network Architectures
Silicon Photonics
Photonic Crystal Theory: Temporal Coupled-Mode Formalism
Photonic Crystal Technologies: Experiment
Photonic Crystal Fibers: Basics and Applications
Specialty Fibers for Optical Communication Systems
Plastic Optical Fibers: Technologies and Communication Links
Polarization Mode Dispersion
Electronic Signal Processing for Dispersion Compensation and Error Mitigation in Optical Transmission Networks
Microelectromechanical Systems for Lightwave Communication
Nonlinear Optics in Communications: From Crippling Impairment to Ultrafast Tools
Fiber-Optic Quantum Information Technologies