Review of Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Systems

  • Authors:
  • S. Personick

  • Affiliations:
  • TRW Tech. Res. Ctr., El Segundo, CA

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

This paper is a brief review of the principles of optical fiber systems to serve as an introduction to the specific application and technology papers in this issue. Fibers, transmitters, receivers, point-to-point transmission systems, multipoint buses, and sensor systems are discussed. Subsystems are reviewed in terms of thier input/ output characteristics.