This compact textbook introduces the most important elements of optical networks and uses them to solve practical problems by engineering solutions. The main topics are glass fibers, optical transmitters and receivers, modulation of laser light for high bit rates, elements of passive (couplers, distributors) and active (switches, optical amplifiers) networks, influence of nonlinearities in optical transmission as well as integration into the global network. Examples describe advantages and limits of optical data transfer in networks. In addition to each topic, practical exercises and questions are given. Difficult mathematical relationships and formulas are explained and simulated using a mathematical program.

This textbook has been recommended and developed for university courses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The content Photonics, wave-guide structures, glass fibers Parameters and properties of optical fibers: attenuation and dispersion, transmission bandwidth Optical transmitters, modulation of transmitters Optical amplifiers Optical receivers Active and passive optical couplers and switches Nonlinear processes in glass fibers, solitons Active and passive optical networks

Target Groups

• Students of Bachelor and Master courses at Universities of Applied Sciences
• Students of Bachelor courses at Technical Universities
• Practitioners in the fields of telecommunications and communication technology
• Life-long learners

Complicated processes didactically prepared Fundamentals and practice of optical data transmission Engineering solution of practical problems

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Volkmar Brückner is a professor emeritus at University of Telecommunication in Leipzig. He has more than 25 years of national and international expertise in the fields of laser optics, fiber communication technology and optoelectronics.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Light.- Glass Fibers.- Fiber optic connections and couplers.- Optical transmitters.- Modulation of Laser Light.- Optical receivers.- Compounds of Optical Networks.- Measurement technology in optical fibres and optical transmission systems.- Nonlinearitiers in Glass Fibers.- Optical networks.- Help and Solutions.