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Optical Communications
Picture Credit: John Sherman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fatllama/)
- Author
- Chris Lee
- Publisher
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Soft Skills
Contents· 23 sections
- 01: Introduction
- 1.01: The long tail
- 1.02: SONET SDH
- 1.03: The importance of clocks
- 02: Optical Waveguides
- 2.01: Introduction to waveguides
- 2.02: Spatial modes
- 2.03: Modal dispersion
- 2.04: Material and waveguide dispersion
- 2.05: Different types of optical waveguide
- 03: Lasers and amplifiers
- 3.01: Rate equations
- 3.02: Optical cavities
- 3.03: Gain materials
- 3.04: Diode lasers
- 3.05: Bandwidth control
- 3.06: Fiber amplifiers
- 04: Integrated optical components
- 4.01: Introduction
- 4.02: Mach-Zehnder Interferometers
- 4.03: Add-drop multiplexers
- 4.04: Arrayed waveguide grating
- 4.05: Photodiodes