Understanding Fiber Optics, 5th Edition

  1. An Introduction to Fiber Optics.

  2. Fundamentals of Fiber-optic components.

  3. Fundamentals of Communications.

  4. Types of Optical Fibers.

  5. Properties of Optical Fibers.

  6. Fiber materials, structure and manufacture.

  7. Specialty Fibers.

  8. Cabling.

  9. Light Sources.

10. Transmitters.

11. Receivers.

12. Repeaters, Regenerators, and Optical Amplifiers.

13. Connectors and Splices.

14. Couplers and Other Passive Components.

15. Wavelength-Division Multiplexing Optics.

16. Optical Switches, Modulators, and other Active Components.

17. Fiber-Optic Measurement.

18. Troubleshooting and Test Equipment.

19. System and Optical Networking Concepts.

20. Fiber System Standards.

21. Single-Channel System Design.

22. Optical Networking System Design.

23. Global Telecommunications Applications.

24. Regional and Metro Telecommunications.

25. Local Telephone or "Access" Networks.

26. Internet Access and Local-Area Networks.

27. Video transmission.

28. Mobile Fiber-Optic Communications.

29. Fiber-Optic Sensors.

30. Imaging and Illuminating Fiber Optics.

Appendices.

Glossary.