Optoelectronics and Lightwave Technology

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A brief background to optical fiber communications is given, but the authors place their emphasis upon the developing technology in such areas as coherent lightwave transmission, wavelength and frequency division multiplexing, narrow line width sources, and integrated optic devices. Fiber amplifiers, tunable distributed feedback, laser diodes, and multi-quantum-well devices are also discussed in detail. Theoretical analysis is linked with practical applications throughout. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)