Guided Wave Optical Components and Devices

Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Contributors

Chapter 1: Optical Fibers for Broadband Lightwave Communication: Evolutionary Trends in Designs

1 INTRODUCTION

2 OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY

3 EMERGENCE OF FIBER AMPLIFIERS AND DWDM SYSTEMS

4 FIBERS FOR METRO NETWORKS

5 COARSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING

6 COMBATING PMD IN A FIBER

7 CONCLUSION

8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 2: Recent Development of a Polymer Optical Fiber and its Applications

1 INTRODUCTION

2 TYPES OF POFs

3 MANUFACTURE OF POFS

4 COMPARISON BETWEEN SILICA FIBER AND POLYMER FIBER

5 APPLICATIONS OF POFs

6 POLYMER FIBER GRATINGS

7 SEGMENTED CLADDING POF

8 DYE-DOPED POLYMER FIBER AMPLIFIER

9 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 3: Microstructured Optical Fibers

1 FIBERS ...