Undersea Fiber Communication Systems (Optics and Photonics) [Hardcover]

Jose Chesnoy (Editor), Govind Agrawal (Series Editor), Ivan Kaminow (Series Editor), Paul Kelley (Series Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 3, 2002 | ISBN-10: 012171408X | ISBN-13: 978-0121714086 | Edition: 1

Description
This book provides a detailed overview of the evolution of undersea communications systems, with emphasis on the most recent breakthroughs of optical submarine cable technologies based upon Wavelength Division Multiplexing, optical amplification, new-generation optical fibers, and high-speed digital electronics. The role played by submarine-communication systems in the development of high-speed networks and associated market demands for multiplying Internet and broadband services is also covered.

Importance of This Topic
This book will fill the gap between highly specialized papers from large international conferences and broad-audience technology review updates. The book provides a full overview of the evolution in the field and conveys the dimension of the large undersea projects. In addition, the book uncovers the myths surrounding marine operations and installations in that domain, which have remained known so far to only very few specialists.

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About the Author

Govind P. Agrawal was born on July 24, 1951 in the town of Kashipur of the Nainital district in U.P. He received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Lucknow in 1969 with honors. He was awarded a gold medal for achieving the top position in the university. Govind joined the Indian Institute of Technology at New Delhi in 1969 and received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 1971 and 1974, respectively.After holding positions at the Ecole Polytechnique (France), the City University of New York, and the Laser company, Quantel, Orsay, France, Dr. Agrawal joined in 1981 the technical staff of the world-famous AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., USA, where he worked on problems related to the development of semiconductor lasers and fiber-optic communication systems. He joined in 1989 the faculty of the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester where he is a Professor of Optics. His research interests focus on quantum electronics, nonlinear optics, and optical communications. In particular, he has contributed signnificantly to the fields of semiconductor lasers, nonlinear fiber optics, and optical communications. He is an author or coauthor of more than 250 research papers, several book chapters and review articles, and four books entitled "Semiconductor Lasers" (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 2nd ed. 1993), "Nonlinear Fiber Optics" (Academic Press, 3rd ed. 2001), "Fiber-Optic Communication Systems" (Wiley, 2nd ed. 1997), and "Applications of Nonlinear Fiber Optics" (Academic Press, 2001). He has also edited the books "Contemporary Nonlinear Optics" (Academic Press, 1992) and "Semiconductor Lasers: Past, Present and Future" (AIP Press, 1995). The books authored by Dr. Agrawal have influenced an entire generation of scientists. Several of them have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Greek, and Russian.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 551 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (October 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 012171408X
• ISBN-13: 978-0121714086
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,105,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book on the Subject, November 28, 2007

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All in all this is a good book on the subject, it has a more math than I like, but the Author does a good job with the history of undersea cables, power budgets, repeaters (erbium light pumps), terminal equipment, cable construction (my favorite section), and marine installation and maintenance. I recommend this book for students, technicians, and engineers.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Technical Reference, January 4, 2012

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This book provides an excellent, in-depth discussion of the technology of submarine cable telecommunications systems. It assumes no prior knowledge, so is appropriate as an introduction to the topic, but also provides enough detail to serve as a reference for those involved in the industry. Although published in 2002, most of the material is still current. Recent developments such as coherent receivers, 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s transmission, and some newer fibre types is not covered, but you will need the background this book provides before moving on to those subjects. I recommend this book both to anyone with a casual interest in submarine cables and to those who work on them every day.