Topics in Lightwave Transmission Systems is a second volume of a treatise on optical fiber communications that is devoted to the science, engineering, and application of information transmission via optical fibers. The first volume, published in 1985, dealt exclusively with fiber fabrication. The present volume contains topics that pertain to subsystems and systems.
The book contains five chapters and begins with discussions of transmitters and receivers, which are basic to systems now operating in the field. Subsequent chapters cover topics relating to coherent systems: frequency and phase modulation of the optical carrier, and systems considerations and experiments. The last chapter reviews the fundamentals of nonlinear effects in optical fibers and considers how systems are affected by various nonlinear phenomena.

ContributorsPreface1. Optical Transmitter Design I. Introduction II. System Constraints on Transmitter Design III. Optical Properties of Sources for PCM Transmitters IV. Circuit Strategies for PCM Transmitters V. Practical PCM Transmitters and Their Performance VI. Multigigabit-per-Second Transmission Systems VII. Conclusion References2. Lightwave Receivers I. Introduction II. Receiver and Device Requirements of Lightwave Systems III. Receiver System and Noise Considerations IV. First and Second-Generation Lightwave Receivers V. Active-Feedback Lightwave Receiver Circuits References3. Frequency and Phase Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers I. Introduction II. Direct Frequency Modulation III. Phase Modulation by Injection Locking IV. Summary Acknowledgments References4. Coherent Optical Fiber Transmission Systems I. Introduction II. System Operations and Configurations III. Advantages of Optical Heterodyne or Homodyne Detection IV. System Applications V. Essential Technology for Developing Coherent Systems VI. System Experiments VII. Conclusion References5. Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers I. Introduction II. Nonlinear Gain and System Parameters III. Stimulated Raman Scattering IV. Carrier-Induced Phase Modulation V. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering VI. Four-Photon Mixing VII. Multiplexing Effects VIII. Scaling IX. Conclusions ReferencesIndex