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In June 1978 the University of Rhode Island conducted a three-day short course on Recent Advances in Fiber Optics. followed by a two-day conference on the Physics of Fiber Optics. The course contained over a dozen lectures spanning a wide range of subject matter from fundamental theory to operational systems. presented by well-known scientists from industry. government and academic institutions. The conference. on the other hand. emphasized basic research on fiber optics and related subjects. This volume contains both papers presented at the conference. as well as the majority of the lectures from the course (the written versions were solicited on a voluntary basis for this volume). In some cases the papers in this volume represent expanded or otherwise modified versions of the original presentations. One of the principal aims of the conference was promulgation of novel and/or unconventional concepts. For this reason. the papers in this volume cover subjects such as bistable optical switches. fiber acoustic sensors. extruded infrared fibers. compressively coated glass fibers. and soliton propagation in fibers.
List of contents
Section I: Fiber Materials and Processing.- Vapor Phase Materials and Processes for Glass Optical Waveguides.- Fiber Drawing Process: Characterization and Control.- Analytical Techniques for the Prediction of the Fiber Forming Process.- An Overview of Optical Waveguide Coatings.- Infrared Fiber Optical Materials.- Fabrication of Silver Halide Fibers by Extrusion.- Section II: Strengthening of Fibers.- High Strength Furnace-Drawn Optical Fibers.- High Strength CVD Fibers.- Strengthening of Optical Fibers by Molecular Stuffing.- Effect of Zero Stress Aging on the Strength of Optical Fibers.- Fracture Surface Analysis of Optical Fibers.- Section III: Optical Phenomena and Characterization.- Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers: Application to the Fabrication of Active and Passive Devices.- Forward and Backward Stimulated Raman Scattering in a Multimode Fiber.- Fiber Parameter Studies with the OTDR.- Refractive Index Modulation in Optical Fibers Fabricated by the Vapor Oxidation Process.- Section IV: Propagation Theory.- Propagating Fields in Graded Index Optical Fibers.- Modes of Weakly Guiding Fibers by an Integral Representation Technique.- Propagation of Nonlinear Optical Pulses in Fibers.- Solitons in the Theory of Guided Lightwaves.- Section V: Radiation Effects.- Radiation-Induced Optical Absorption Spectra of Fiber Optic Waveguides in the 0.4-1.7 ? Region.- Optical Absorption Spectra of Neutron Irradiated Optical Fibers in the 0.7-1.1 ?m Region.- Neutron- and Gamma-Induced Transient Effects in Optical Fibers.- Section VI: Switching and Coupling.- Bistable Optical Devices: An Overview.- Multimode 3X2 Fiber-Optical Matrix Switch.- Ultrafast Optically Activated Switching in Semiconducting Materials.- Fiber Connectors, Splices and Couplers.- Access Couplers forSingle Strand Systems.- Section VII: Components and Systems.- Fiber Optic System Design and Component Selection.- Light Wave Transmission Systems for Telecommunication Application.- Semiconductor Light Sources for Fiber Optical Communication.- Section VIII: Novel Applications.- Novel Applications of Fiber Optics.- Utilization of Optical Fibers in Remote Inelastic Light Scattering Probes.- Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensors.- Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensor.
