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Lightwave Communications

Hardback

Main Details

Title Lightwave Communications
Authors and Contributors      By (author) George C. Papen
By (author) Richard E. Blahut
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:970
Dimensions(mm): Height 253,Width 180
Category/GenreOptics
Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism
ISBN/Barcode 9781108427562
ClassificationsDewey:621.3827
Audience
Undergraduate
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 January 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This pioneering, course-tested text is the first to combine communications theory with the physics of optical communications. Comprehensive and rigorous, it brings together an in-depth treatment of the physical characteristics of the guided lightwave channel with the study of modern methods of algorithmic-based communication in time and space. The many different levels at which a lightwave communication signal can be described are integrated to provide a unified explanation of how a commonplace bit stream is transformed into a physical lightwave, how that lightwave travels through an optical fiber, and how it is then transformed back into the bit stream. Background fundamentals such as linear systems and electromagnetics are explained in relation to modern topics such as channel models, encoding, modulation and interference, and end-of-chapter problems are provided throughout. This is an essential text for students taking courses on optical communications, as well as researchers and professionals working in the area.

Author Biography

George C. Papen is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Richard E. Blahut is the Emeritus Henry Magnuski Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, having served as the Department Head from 2001 to 2008. He has authored a series of advanced textbooks on the mathematical aspects of theoretical informatics, is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).