Topics in Lightwave Transmission Systems

The second of a two-volume treatise on the science, engineering, and application of information transmission through optical fibers. Covers transmitters and receivers basic to presently operating systems, the frequency and phase modulation of the optical carrier, systems considerations and experiments, and nonlinear effects. Volume one (1985) deals exclusively with fiber fabrication. Copyrighted by AT&T, for which the editor and several authors work. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Tingye Li retired from AT&T in 1998 after a 41-year career at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs. His seminal work on laser resonator modes is considered a classic. Since the late 1960s, he and his groups have conducted pioneering studies on lightwave technologies and systems. He led the work on amplified WDM transmission systems and championed their deployment for upgrading network capacity. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of the IEEE David Sarnoff Award, IEEE/OSA John Tyndall Award, OSA Ives Medal/Quinn Endowment, AT&T Science and Technology Medal, and IEEE Photonics Award.