Ultra-High Frequency Linear Fiber Optic Systems

This book provides a concise but rigorous treatment of the theory behind analog and digital fiber-optics links and system issues. The book reduces the complex subject to simple core explanations and interpretations. It is designed for a one-semester course on fiber-optics systems and communication links. Attention is paid both to the digital links prevalent in traditional telecommunication networks and to the analog links important in cable modem distribution networks for Internet service distributions. This broad but concise text will thus be invaluable not only to students of fiber-optics communication but also to practicing engineers.

Designed for a one-semester course on fiber-optics systems and communication links, this book provides a concise but rigorous treatment of the theory and practice of analog (linear) fiber-optics links and systems that constitute the foundation of Hybrid Fiber Coax infrastructure in present-day CATV distribution and cable modem Internet access. Emerging applications in remote fiber-optic feed for free-space millimeter wave enterprise campus networks are also described. Issues such as dispersion and interferometric noise are treated quantitatively, and means for mitigating them are explained. This broad but concise text will thus be invaluable not only to students of fiber-optics communication but also to practicing engineers.