Research Catalog

Title

Coherent lightwave communications technology / edited by Sadakuni Shimada.

Publication

London : Chapman & Hall, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Shimada, S.

Description

xii, 258 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Telecommunications technology and applications series ; 1

Uniform Title

Telecommunications technology and applications series ; v. 1.

Subjects

• Optical communications
• Laser communication systems
• Fibre optics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction to coherent lightwave communications / Kiyoshi Nosu. 1.1. Coherent light. 1.2. Historical aspects. 1.3. The significance of coherent lightwave communication technologies on future telecommunication networks -- 2. Theory of optical coherent detection / Katsushi Iwashita. 2.1. Optical heterodyne detection. 2.2. Optical homodyne detection. 2.3. Linewidth influence. 2.4. Receiver sensitivity comparison. 2.5. Power spectrum -- 3. Coherent transmission technologies. 3.1. Optical source / Katsushi Iwashita. 3.2. Modulators / Katsushi Iwashita. 3.3. Fiber dispersion / Nori Shibata. 3.4. Fiber nonlinearities / Nori Shibata. 3.5. Heterodyne receiver / Katsushi Iwashita. 3.6. Transmission characteristics and delay equalization / Katsushi Iwashita. 3.7. Polarization compensation / Katsushi Iwashita. 3.8. Homodyne detection / Katsushi Iwashita -- 4. Optical filters and couplers. 4.1. Optical filters / Hiromu Toba. 4.2. Mach-Zehnder interferometer waveguide-type filters / Masao Kawachi.
• 4.3. Optical couplers / Masao Kawachi -- 5. Optical frequency division multiplexing systems. 5.1. Optical frequency stabilization and measurement / Osamu Ishida. 5.2. Multichannel frequency stabilization / Hiromu Toba. 5.3. Fiber nonlinear effects in optical FDM systems / Nori Shibata. 5.4. Channel selective receiver utilizing heterodyne detection / Hiromu Toba. 5.5. Channel selective receiver utilizing optical filter and direct detection / Hiromu Toba -- 6. Optical amplifiers for coherent transmission and optical FDM. 6.1. In-line amplifier systems / Takeshi Ito. 6.2. Common amplifiers / Kyo Inoue -- 7. Systems applications. 7.1. Long-haul trunks and submarine communications / Takeshi Ito. 7.2. Optical FDM networks and switching systems / Kiyoshi Nosu. 7.3. Optical SDM and TDM networks and switching / Kiyoshi Nosu -- 8. Epilogue / Kiyoshi Nosu.

ISBN

0412579405

LCCN

gb 94094571

OCLC

ocm31612822

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries