Optical fibre communication is fast extending the boundaries of research laboratories and is approaching real-life applicability. This book provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of optical fibre communication.Organized into nine chapters, this book begins with a discussion of planar dielectric waveguide and proceeds to discuss optical fibre and the propagation of light through it. It also covers Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA), semiconductor optical sources and detectors, fibre optic communication systems, and fibre optic measurements.New to this second edition are two new chapters on advanced modulation formats for fibre optic communication systems and surface plasmon polaritons and photonic crystals , which discuss topics such as fibre optic coupler, coherent optical communication, BER performance of coherent optical communication systems, differential phase modulation schemes with direct detection, and surface plasmon polariton and photonic crystal. A number of other chapters have been significantly revised. This book is primarily intended as a text for undergraduate students of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, and telecommunication engineering. The book will also be of use to postgraduate students of physics.Key featuresLucid discussion of concepts, ensuring easy comprehension of advanced topics.Numerical problems form an integral part of the book, making it application-oriented.Solutions to chapter-end numerical problems provided at the end of the book.Read more
