The development of new highly nonlinear fibers - referred to as microstructured fibers, holey fibers and photonic crystal fibers - is the next generation technology for all-optical signal processing and biomedical applications. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate these key technology developments. The book presents sound coverage of the fundamentals of lightwave technology, along with material on pulse compression techniques and rare-earth-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers. The chapters include information on fiber-optic communication systems and the ultrafast signal processing techniques that make use of nonlinear phenomena in optical fibers. This edition has been extensively updated to reflect the considerable developments in the last ten years since the 2nd edition was published. This book is an ideal reference for R&D engineers working on developing next generation optical components; scientists involved with research on fiber amplifiers and lasers; graduate students and researchers working in the fields of optical communications and quantum information. New to this edition: Chapters on Fiber Lasers and Fiber Amplifiers have significantly changed to reflect the development of high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, and of lasers operating in the mid-infrared region Chapter 7 on Fiber-Optic Communications has a new section on space-division multiplexing, a technique that makes use of multimode or multicore fibers Chapter 8 on Optical Signal Processing presents coherent detection with advanced modulation formats Chapter 9 on Highly Nonlinear Fibers has updates on the continuing progress in designing photonic-crystal and other micro-structured fibers, as well as a section on chalcogenide fibers Chapter 10 on Quantum Communications includes the latest research on Quantum technologies, such as phase-sensitive fiber-optics parametric amplifiers, all-fiber sources of entangles photons, and improved sensitivity of phase measurements The only book on how to develop nonlinear fiber optic applicationsThe third edition describes the latest research on nonlinear fiber optics that have been applied since the second edition was publishedDemonstrates how nonlinear fiber optics principles are applied in practice INDICE: 1. Fiber Gratings 2. Directional Couplers 3. Fiber Interferometers 4. Fiber Amplifiers 5. Fiber Lasers 6. Pulse Compression 7. Fiber-Optic Communications 8. Optical Signal Processing 9. Highly Nonlinear Fibers 10. Quantum Applications
- ISBN: 978-0-12-817040-3
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 590
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés