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Introduction to Fiber-Optic Communications
- 2nd Edition - September 1, 2025
- Author: Rongqing Hui
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 9 0 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 9 1 0 - 1
Introduction to Fiber-Optic Communications, Second Edition provides students with a comprehensive understanding of modern optical fiber communication and its applications. The bo… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIntroduction to Fiber-Optic Communications, Second Edition provides students with a comprehensive understanding of modern optical fiber communication and its applications. The book strikes a balanced approach between theory and practice, avoiding excessive mathematics and derivations. Unlike other textbooks, it covers recent technologies and developments, such as electro-optic modulators, coherent optical systems, and silicon integrated photonic circuits. Practical worked examples and exercises help solidify understanding, and coverage ensures that students have a broad and deep knowledge base, making them ready to tackle modern challenges in optical and communications engineering.
In addition to foundational principles, the book covers optical transmission system design, advanced modulation formats, high-speed DSP, and important application areas like passive optical networks, datacenters, and optical interconnections.
In addition to foundational principles, the book covers optical transmission system design, advanced modulation formats, high-speed DSP, and important application areas like passive optical networks, datacenters, and optical interconnections.
- Covers fiber-optic communication system fundamentals, design rules, and terminologies
- Provides students with an understanding of the physical principles and characteristics of passive and active fiber-optic components
- Teaches students how to perform fiber-optic system design, performance evaluation and troubleshooting
- Includes modern advances in modulation and decoding strategies
Upper level undergraduate students taking fiber optic or optical communications courses in electrical and computer engineering programs
1. Introduction
2. Optical fibers
3. Light sources for optical communications
4. Photodetectors
5. Optical amplifiers
6. Passive optical components
7. External electro-optic modulators
8. Optical transmission system design
9. Coherent optical communication systems
10. Modulation formats for optical communications
11. Application of high-speed DSP in optical communications
12. Optical networking
2. Optical fibers
3. Light sources for optical communications
4. Photodetectors
5. Optical amplifiers
6. Passive optical components
7. External electro-optic modulators
8. Optical transmission system design
9. Coherent optical communication systems
10. Modulation formats for optical communications
11. Application of high-speed DSP in optical communications
12. Optical networking
- No. of pages: 680
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: September 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443289095
- eBook ISBN: 9780443289101
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Rongqing Hui
Dr. Hui is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Kansas. His research interests are in lightwave communication systems and subsystems, photonic devices, optical instrumentation and photonic sensors. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Kansas in 1997 he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in optical communications, microelectronic circuits, and semiconductor materials & devices for more than 15 years. Dr. Hui was a member of the scientific staff at Bell-Northern Research and Nortel in Ottawa, Canada, where he was involved in the research and development of high-speed optical transport networks. He was a NSF Program Director for the photonic devices program from 2006 to 2008. He served as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications from 2001 to 2007 and an associate editor of IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics from 2006 to 2013.
Affiliations and expertise
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS