Book description
This book provides a comprehensive account of fiber-optic communication
systems. The 3rd edition of this book is used worldwide as a textbook in
many universities. This 4th edition incorporates recent advances that
have occurred, in particular two new chapters. One deals with the
advanced modulation formats (such as DPSK, QPSK, and QAM) that are
increasingly being used for improving spectral efficiency of WDM
lightwave systems. The second chapter focuses on new techniques such as
all-optical regeneration that are under development and likely to be
used in future communication systems. All other chapters are updated, as
well.
Govind P. Agrawal is a professor at the Institute of Optics at the
University of Rochester and a Fellow of both the Optical Society of
America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
He is also a Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.
Dr. Agrawal is author or coauthor of more than 300 research papers,
book chapters, and monographs.
