Download or read book Fiber Optics Handbook: Fiber, Devices, and Systems for Optical Communications written by Optical Society of America and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiber optics is the hottest topic in communications and this book from the world's leading experts clearly lays out all the details of optical communications engineering * Essential technical guide and solutions kit for the super-fast, super-broad fiber systems and devices powering the fastest-growing communications infrastructure * Methods for generating above peak performance * Clear explanations and answers to tough challenges for WDM, DWDM, amplifiers, solitons, and other key technologies