By
Bishnu Pal, Editor
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Description
The book provides a comprehensive, lucid, and clear introduction to the world of guided wave optical components and devices. Bishnu Pal
has collaborated with some of the greatest minds in optics to create a truly inclusive treatise on this contemporary topic. Written
by leaders in the field, this book delivers cutting-edge research and essential information for professionals, researchers, and students
on emerging topics like microstructured fibers, broadband fibers, polymer fiber components and waveguides, acousto-optic interactions
in fibers, higher order mode fibers, nonlinear and parametric process in fibers, revolutionary effects of erbium doped and Raman fiber
amplifiers in DWDM and CATV networks, all-fiber network branching component technology platforms like fused fiber couplers, fiber gratings,
and side-polished fiber half-couplers, arrayed waveguides, optical MEMS, fiber sensing technologies including safety, civil structural
health monitoring, and gyroscope applications.
Audience:
Graduate students, researchers, and aspiring & practicing engineers in optical components & optical fiber telecommunications.
