Volume B is devoted to light wave systems and system impairments and compensation. Some of the topics include growth of the Internet, network architecture, undersea systems, high speed TDM transmission, cable TV systems, access networks, simulation tools, nonlinear effects, polarization mode dispersion, bandwidth formats, and more. This book is an excellent companion to Optical Fiber Telecommunications IVA: Components (March 2002, ISBN: 0-12-395172-0).
Fourth in a respected and comprehensive series
- Authoritative authors from a range of organizations
- Suitable for active lightwave R&D designers, developers, purchasers, operators, students, and analysts
- Lightwave components reviewed in Volume A
- Lightwave systems and impairments reviewed in Volume B
- Up-to-the minute coverage

1. Overview2. Growth of the Internet3. Optical Network Architecture Evolution4.Undersea Communications Systems5. High Capacity, Ultra-Long Haul Networks6. Pseudo-Linear Transmission of High-Speed TDM Signals: 40 and 160 Gb/s7. Dispersion Managed Solitons & Chirped Return to Zero: What is the Difference?8. Metropolitan Optical Networks9. The Evolution of Cable TV Networks10. Optical Access Networks11. Beyond Gigabit: Development and Application of High Speed Ethernet Technology12. Photonic Simulation Tools13. Nonlinear Optical Effects in WDM Transmission14. Fixed and Tunable Managment of Fiber Chromatic Dispersion15. Polarization Mode Dispersion16. Bandwidth Efficient Modulation Formats for Digital Fiber Transmission Systems17. Error-Control Coding Techniques and Applications18. Electronic Equalization Techniques for Mitigating Transmission ImpairmentsIndex to Volumes IVA and IVB