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Fiber Optic Communications (4th Edition)

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This is a good book for an introductory course in fiber optics for a B.S.E.E. program.

But if you are looking for an in depth description of fiber optics communication, then you should check out "Fiber Optic Communications" by John Senior, published by Prentice-Hall. And for an introduction to the fiber optics theory without mathematical discussion, "Fiber Optic Communication: An applied approach" by A. Khan, published by Pearson Custom Publishing, is also a good introductory book for students in the telecommunications area.

This book is very suitable for those who have never seen the subject. It avoids cumbersome mathematics always when it is possible and when there is no way out, it presents in a very comprehensive way. Perfect for undergraduates.

This book is a very good introduction to this subject for engineering and sience students. It coveres the principles in a very clear way and it gives you also a good overview over the practical implementation of fiber optic networks and systems in real life.

I have two optical books on hand which is Understanding Fiber Optics and this one. For my own opinion, this one is more simple and understandable, good for anyone that graduate for a long time and forgot the basic theory.

If you are looking for a theoretical book concerning basic understanding of fiber optics and fiber optic communication, this is a good book for you. This book contains basic mathematics and physics concepts of the fiber optics. I think this book is suitable for researchers and anybody who is interested in the fiber optics from physics point of view.

But if you are looking for a basic understanding non-mathematical of fiber optics and fiber optic communication, this is definitely not a good book for you. I could say that this book is for graduate students only (toward their master or doctoral degree) with already quite strong understanding of theoretical light physics. If you are students with little or no understanding of such theory, I suggest that you look for other books.

This book covers a quite complete of basic understanding of fiber optics and fiber optic communications. Although this book is a good introduction toward mathematics and physics concepts, it does not cover the basic understanding deep enough. I could say that there are a lot of essential understanding were left unexplained. Like I said before that this book is perfect for somebody that has already quite strong understanding of theoretical light physics.

I have read many books looking for quick information regarding fiber optic systems and this book is by far better than any others in terms of giving you the "need to know" basics and principles. I like how clearly the background information on optical is presented. Some other reviews have aptly pointed out: 1) If you are a fiber-optics professional and want in depth treatment of specific issues, you may not find it here. However, if you are like most engineers and need to go from a 0 to 65% expert quickly for making decisions, this book is EXCELLENT. Better than others by far in terms of clarity! 2) The background info on optical does assume you have had some basic physics including in order to breeze through it. It is still a good starting point even if you haven't. I actually understood some things better after reading this book versus what I remembered from EM/physics courses. A great book.

This book has helped me with the basic information and tje advanced information that I needed.

This is a very good text book for beginner who just interesting in fiber optics.