Understanding Fiber Optics, 5th Edition

 Understanding Fiber Optics, 5th Edition
Item #: 320-4290-05
Author: Jeff Hecht
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:0131174290
Format: Hardcover
 Your Price: $113.95

This book takes a practical approach to Understanding Fiber Optics!
This text is ideal for Introduction to Fiber Optics, Fundamentals of Fiber Optics, and Fiber-optic Communications courses at the undergraduate level.

Get a thorough, up to date, comprehensive and intuitive introduction to fiber optics. With mathematics limited to basic algebra, the book takes a practical approach to understanding fiber optics. It thoroughly describes important concepts for the novice, building up an understanding of optical fibers, their properties, light sources and detectors, and fiber-optic components and their application in fiber-optic systems. It covers the basics of fiber-optic measurement and troubleshooting. Interwoven are illustrations show important principles. 800 pp.

Understanding Fiber Optics, 5th Edition - Table of Contents:
  • An Introduction to Fiber Optics
  • Fundamentals of Fiber-optic components
  • Fundamentals of Communications
  • Types of Optical Fibers
  • Properties of Optical Fibers
  • Fiber materials, structure and manufacture
  • Specialty Fibers
  • Cabling
  • Light Sources
  • Transmitters
  • Receivers
  • Repeaters, Regenerators, and Optical Amplifiers
  • Connectors and Splices
  • Couplers and Other Passive Components
  • Wavelength-Division Multiplexing Optics
  • Optical Switches, Modulators, and other Active Components
  • Fiber-Optic Measurement
  • Troubleshooting and Test Equipment
  • System and Optical Networking Concepts
  • Fiber System Standards
  • Single-Channel System Design
  • Optical Networking System Design
  • Global Telecommunications Applications
  • Regional and Metro Telecommunications
  • Local Telephone or "Access" Networks
  • Internet Access and Local-Area Networks
  • Video transmission
  • Mobile Fiber-Optic Communications
  • Fiber-Optic Sensors
  • Imaging and Illuminating Fiber Optics
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
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