Optical Components for Communications - Principles and Applications

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.

List of contents

1 Introduction to Otical Communication.- 2 Transmitters (I) - Light Sources.- 3 Transmitters (II) - Modulators.- 4 Optical Amplifiers.- 5 Photodetectors and Detection of Optical Radiation.- 6 Principles of Optics for Passive Components.- 7 Passive Components (I).- 8 Passive Components (II).

About the author

Dr. Ching-Fuh Lin is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University. His research interests include solar cells, light-emitting devices, and Si-photonics.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ching-Fuh Lin
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2005
• EAN: 9781402076367
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-7636-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 22 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 625 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 332 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; Laser, B, Geophysics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Lasers, Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Optical physics, Photonics, Applied optics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Solid Earth Sciences