Preface. 1. Introduction. 1.1 Historical Perspective. 1.2 Basic Concepts. 1.
3 Optical Communication Systems. 1.4 Lightwave System Components. 2. Optical Fibers. 2.1 Geometrical-Optics Description. 2.
2 Wave Propagation. 2.3 Dispersion in Single-Mode Fibers. 2.4 Dispersion-Induced Limitations. 2.5 Fiber Losses. 2.
6 Nonlinear Optical Effects. 2.7 Fiber Manufacturing. 3. Optimal Transmitters. 3.1 Basic Concepts. 3.
2 Light-Emitting Diodes. 3.3 Semiconductor Lasers. 3.4 Control of Longitudinal Models. 3.5 Laser Characteristics. 3.
6 Transmitter Design. 4. Optical Receivers. 4.1 Basic Concepts. 4.2 Common Photodetectors. 4.
3 Receiver Design. 4.4 Receiver Noise. 4.5 Receiver Sensitivity. 4.6 Sensitivity Degradation. 4.
7 Receiver Performance. 5. Lightwave Systems. 5.1 System Architectures. 5.2 Design Guidelines. 5.
3 Long-Haul Systems. 5.4 Sources of Power Penalty. 5.5 Computer-Aided Design. 6. Optical Amplifiers. 6.
1 Basic Concepts. 6.2 Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers. 6.3 Raman Amplifiers. 6.4 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers. 6.
5 System Applications. 7. Dispersion Management. 7.1 Need for Dispersion Management. 7.2 Precompensation Schemes. 7.
3 Postcompensation Techniques. 7.4 Dispersion-Compensating Fibers. 7.5 Optical Filters. 7.6 Fiber Bragg Gratings. 7.
7 Optical Phase Conjugation. 7.8 Long-Haul Lightwave Systems. 7.9 High-Capacity Systems. 8 Multichannel Systems. 8.1 WDM Lightwave Systems.
8.2 WDM Components. 8.3 System Performance Issues. 8.4 Time-Division Multiplexing. 8.5 Subcarrier Multiplexing.
8.6 Code-Division Multiplexing. 9 Soliton Systems. 9.1 Fiber Solitons. 9.2 Soliton-Based Communications. 9.
3 Loss-Managed Solitons. 9.4 Dispersion-Managed Solitons. 9.5 Impact of Amplifier Noise. 9.6 High-Speed Soliton Systems. 9.
7 WDM Soliton Systems. 10 Coherent Lightwave Systems 10.1 Basic Concepts. 10.2 Modulation Formats. 10.3 Demodulation Schemes. 10.
4 Bit-Error Rate. 10.5 Sensitivity Degradation. 10.6 System Performance. Appendix A; System of Units. Appendix B: Acronyms. Appendix C: General Formula for Pulse Broadening.
Appendix D: Ultimate System Capacity. Appendix E: Software Package. Index.