02439nam a2200289 a 4500 1/44607 140620s2001 us 001 0 eng 9780120451449 (electronic bk.) 0120451441 47561 OPELS eng OPELS OCLCG OCLCQ OCLCF GR-PeUP Agrawal, G. P. (Govind P.), 1951- Applications of nonlinear fiber optics [electronic resource] / Govind P. Agrawal. San Diego : Academic Press, c2001. 1 online resource (xiv, 458 p.) : ill. Optics and photonics Most of the material in this volume is new. The first three chapters deal with three important fiber-optic components--fiber-based gratings, couplers, and interferometers--that serve as the building blocks of lightwave technology. In view of the enormous impact of rare-earth-doped fibers, amplifiers and lasers made by using such fibers are covered in Chapters 4 and 5. The last three chapters describe important applications of nonlinear fiber optics and are devoted to pulse-compression techniques, fiber-optic communication systems, and soliton-based transmission schemes. This volume should serve well the need of the scientific community interested in such fields as ultrafast phenomena, optical amplifiers and lasers, and optical communications. It will also be useful to graduate students as well as scientists and engineers involved in lightwave technology. * Training resource for engineers involved with lightwave technology * Covers the importance of nonlinear effects in designing WDM lightwave systems * Up to date information for researchers. Preface -- 1. Fiber Gratings -- 2. Fiber Couplers -- 3. Fiber Interferometers -- 4. Fiber Amplifiers -- 5. Fiber Lasers -- 6. Pulse Compression -- 7. Fiber-Optic Communications -- 8. Soliton Lightwave Systems -- Appendix A. Bit-error rate -- Appendix B. Acronyms -- Index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Fiber optics. Nonlinear optics. Electronic books. Optics and photonics. INST UNIPILB EBOOKS 20140620 available online 00b47561 00b47561 ONLINE 0 1 ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120451449 /webopac/covers/03/47561_9780120451449.jpg (electronic bk.) /webopac/covers/03/47561_0120451441.jpg