Fiber and Integrated Optics

✍ Scribed by J. Arnaud (auth.), D. B. Ostrowsky (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 420
• Series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series 41
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Advanced Study Institute on Fiber and Integrated Optics was held at Cargese from June 23 to July 7, 1978, at a time when both fields were undergoing a very rapid evolution. Fiber optics communications systems, in a multimode form, are moving out of laboratories and into practical use, and integrated optics is beginning to produce high performance, single-mode devices. In addition, the spin-off from the technological developments in both fields is beginning to have a growing impact on the general field of experimental physics. The lectures given at Cargese and assembled here illustrate these points and will be of considerable interest to both newcomers and people already in these fields. The lectures in the first eight chapters of the book deal with fiber and optical communications. The second section, chapters 9-13, is devoted essentially to integrated optics. The third section, chapters 14-17, is devoted to technical seminars and the remaining chapters, 18-22, to national reviews and economic aspects of fiber systems. On behalf of the organizing committee, which included Drs. Unger, Arnaud, Scheggi, and Daino, I would like to thank the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO, and in particular its director, Dr. T. Kester, for enabling this Advanced Study Institute to be held. In addition, we would like to offer a very heartfelt thanks to Marie-France Hanseler, who, aided by Aline Medernach and G. Sala, created the memorable atmosphere that pervaded the Institute.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Propagation in optical fibers....Pages 1-24
Fabrication of Optical Fibers....Pages 25-42
Experimental Evaluation of Optical Fibers: A Review....Pages 43-81
Cable Fabrication....Pages 83-92
Fiber Optic Communications Systems: Subjective Nature of Human Communications....Pages 93-96
Fiber Optic Communication Systems....Pages 97-139
Photodetectors for Integrated Optics and Fiber Optical Communication....Pages 141-156
Fiber Raman Lasers....Pages 157-182
Planar Optical Waveguides....Pages 183-221
The Coupled-Mode Formalism in Guided-Wave Optics....Pages 223-256
Optical Waveguide Modulation Techniques....Pages 257-280
Coupled-Wave Devices....Pages 281-299
Exotic Uses of Guided Wave Optics....Pages 301-312
Nonlinear Experiments With Ti Diffused LiNb0 3 Optical Waveguides....Pages 313-318
Coherence Effects of the Electromagnetic Field Propagating in a Multimode Optical Fiber....Pages 319-331
A Comparison of Single-Mode and Multimode Fibres for Long-Distance Telecommunications....Pages 333-343
Geodesic Lenses in Integrated Optics....Pages 345-361
Guided Optical Wave Activity in Germany....Pages 363-370
Recent Work on Optical Fibre Systems and Components in the Uk....Pages 371-382
Fiber and Integrated Optics in France....Pages 383-388
A National Review on Fiber and Integrated Optics Activity in Italy....Pages 389-405
Economic Aspects of Fibre Systems....Pages 407-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-417

✦ Subjects

Physics, general