Optical Fibres

✍ Scribed by J. Geisler

• Publisher: Pergamon Pr
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 625
• Series: EPO applied technology series
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Optical Fibers covers numerous research works on the significant advances in optical fibers, with particular emphasis on their application.

This text is composed of three parts encompassing 15 chapters. The first part deals with the manufacture of optical fibers and the materials used in their production. The second part describes optical-fiber connectors, terminals and branches. The third part is concerned with the major optoelectronic components encountered in optical-communication systems.

This book will be of value to research scientists, engineers, and patent workers.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
EPO APPLIED TECHNOLOGY SERIES, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages v-viii
NOTE ON CITED PATENT DOCUMENTS, Page ix
CHAPTER I - Manufacture of Optical Fibres, Pages 3-137
CHAPTER II - Materials Used in the Production of Optical Fibres, Pages 139-175
CHAPTER I - The Background to Connector Design, Pages 179-183
CHAPTER II - Fibre End Preparation, Pages 185-196
CHAPTER III - Splices (Permanent Connections), Pages 197-224
CHAPTER IV - Ferrule Type Demountable Connectors, Pages 225-255
CHAPTER V - Connectors Using Guide Surfaces, Pages 257-273
CHAPTER VI - Expanded Beam Connectors, Pages 275-288
CHAPTER VII - Simple Multiport Couplers, Pages 289-314
CHAPTER VIII - Multiplexers, Demultiplexers, Pages 315-328
CHAPTER I - Optical Fibre Transmission, Pages 331-351
CHAPTER II - Transmitters for Optical Fibres, Pages 353-436
CHAPTER III - Optical Fibre Receivers, Pages 437-526
CHAPTER IV - Optical Repeaters, Pages 527-549
CHAPTER V - Optical Transceivers, Pages 551-586
LIST OF CITED PATENT DOCUMENTS, Pages 589-608
LIST OF PATENTEES, Pages 611-631
Subject Index, Pages 633-635