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Single-Mode Fibers: Fundamentals

Single-Mode Fibers: Fundamentals

Neumann, Ernst-Georg

Paperback

Series: Springer Optical Sciences, Book 57

Technology & EngineeringPhysics

ISBN10: 3662136996
ISBN13: 9783662136997
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 3 2013
Pages: 533
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.12 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Single-mode fibers are the most advanced means of transmitting information, since they provide extremely low attenuation and very high bandwidths. At present, long distance communication by single-mode fibers is cheaper than by conventional copper cables, and in the future single-mode fibers will also be used in the subscriber loop. Since single-mode fibers have many applications, a variety of people need to understand this modern transmission medium. How- ever, waveguiding in single-mode fibers is much more difficult to understand than waveguiding in copper lines. A single-mode fiber is a dielectric waveguide operated at optical wave- lengths. Since 1961, I have been involved in experimental and theoretical re- search on dielectric rod waveguides in the microwave region. From the experi- ments, I learned much about the properties of a wave guided by a dielectric rod or a glass fiber, especially about its behavior at waveguide discontinuities like bends, gaps, or the waveguide end. Since 1972, my co-workers and I have also been investigating dielectric waveguides at optical frequencies, and since 1973 I have lectured on Optical Communications. These activities have shown that there is a need for a tutorial introduction to the new technical field of single- mode fibers. In this book the physical fundamentals are emphasized and the mathematics is limited to the absolutely necessary subjects. Besides presenting a physical explanation of waveguiding in single-mode fibers, it is also the aim of this book to give an overview of the knowledge accumulated in this field.

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