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Author:   Bernard Bendow ,  Shashanka S. Mitra
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.200kg
ISBN:  

9781468434941

ISBN 10:   1468434942
Pages:   693
Publication Date:   01 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Fiber Materials and Processing.- Vapor Phase Materials and Processes for Glass Optical Waveguides.- Fiber Drawing Process: Characterization and Control.- Analytical Techniques for the Prediction of the Fiber Forming Process.- An Overview of Optical Waveguide Coatings.- Infrared Fiber Optical Materials.- Fabrication of Silver Halide Fibers by Extrusion.- Section II: Strengthening of Fibers.- High Strength Furnace-Drawn Optical Fibers.- High Strength CVD Fibers.- Strengthening of Optical Fibers by Molecular Stuffing.- Effect of Zero Stress Aging on the Strength of Optical Fibers.- Fracture Surface Analysis of Optical Fibers.- Section III: Optical Phenomena and Characterization.- Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers: Application to the Fabrication of Active and Passive Devices.- Forward and Backward Stimulated Raman Scattering in a Multimode Fiber.- Fiber Parameter Studies with the OTDR.- Refractive Index Modulation in Optical Fibers Fabricated by the Vapor Oxidation Process.- Section IV: Propagation Theory.- Propagating Fields in Graded Index Optical Fibers.- Modes of Weakly Guiding Fibers by an Integral Representation Technique.- Propagation of Nonlinear Optical Pulses in Fibers.- Solitons in the Theory of Guided Lightwaves.- Section V: Radiation Effects.- Radiation-Induced Optical Absorption Spectra of Fiber Optic Waveguides in the 0.4–1.7 ? Region.- Optical Absorption Spectra of Neutron Irradiated Optical Fibers in the 0.7–1.1 ?m Region.- Neutron- and Gamma-Induced Transient Effects in Optical Fibers.- Section VI: Switching and Coupling.- Bistable Optical Devices: An Overview.- Multimode 3X2 Fiber-Optical Matrix Switch.- Ultrafast Optically Activated Switching in Semiconducting Materials.- Fiber Connectors, Splices and Couplers.- Access Couplers forSingle Strand Systems.- Section VII: Components and Systems.- Fiber Optic System Design and Component Selection.- Light Wave Transmission Systems for Telecommunication Application.- Semiconductor Light Sources for Fiber Optical Communication.- Section VIII: Novel Applications.- Novel Applications of Fiber Optics.- Utilization of Optical Fibers in Remote Inelastic Light Scattering Probes.- Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensors.- Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensor.

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