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522 APPENDIX B. ACRONYMS MSM metal–semiconductor–metal MSR mode-suppression ratio MTTF mean time to failure MZ Mach–Zehnder NA n ...

APPENDIX B. ACRONYMS 523 SRS stimulated Raman scattering SSFS soliton self-frequency shift STM synchronous transport module STS ...

Appendix C General Formula for Pulse Broadening The discussion of pulse broadening in Section 2.4 assumes the Gaussian-shape pul ...

APPENDIX C. GENERAL FORMULA FOR PULSE BROADENING 525 a frequency-dependent phase. The propagation constantβdepends on frequency ...

526 APPENDIX C. GENERAL FORMULA FOR PULSE BROADENING The quantityG(ω)represents the source spectrum. The subscriptsin Eq. (C.11) ...

Appendix D Ultimate System Capacity With the advent of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology, lightwave systems with ...

528 CHAPTER D. ULTIMATE SYSTEM CAPACITY 350 Tb/s assuming that the optical fiber acts as a linear channel. The highest capacity ...

Appendix E Software Package The back cover of the book contains a software package for designing fiber-optic com- munication sys ...

530 APPENDIX E. SOFTWARE PACKAGE Optical Time Domain Visualizer 1.0 Optical Spectrum Analyzer 1.0 Optical Spectrum Analyzer 1.0 ...

Index absorption coefficient, 134 absorption rate, 80 accelerated aging, 124 acoustic frequency, 370 acoustic jitter,seetiming j ...

532 INDEX signal, 11, 316, 381 small-signal modulation, 110 Banyan network, 337 beat length, 35 Beer’s law, 55 bending loss, 58 ...

INDEX 533 color-center laser, 425 computer-aided design, 217 confinement factor, 37, 107, 235, 293 connector loss,seeloss conver ...

534 INDEX polarization-mode, 36, 43, 197, 449, 455 pulse broadening due to, 47–50, 288 residual, 313, 314 temperature-induced ch ...

INDEX 535 direct sequence, 388 spectral, 390 energy enhancement factor, 421, 434 energy-band diagram, 81 envelope detector, 489, ...

536 INDEX pulse propagation in, 46 reduced-slope, 43 reverse-dispersion, 43, 312 single-mode, 34–37 standard, 280, 288, 296, 312 ...

INDEX 537 Bragg, 293, 313, 342, 345, 346, 349, 357, 372 built-in, 100, 289, 343, 344 cascaded, 311 chirped, 104, 296–299, 311, 3 ...

538 INDEX Lagrangian density, 308 Lambertian source, 88, 92 Langevin force, 114 laser linewidth, 116, 498 laser threshold, 94 la ...

INDEX 539 mode fiber,seefiber modes longitudinal, 96, 99, 202, 205, 416 waveguide, 345 mode converter, 289, 299 mode index, 33, ...

540 INDEX networks access, 336 active-star, 188 all-optical, 336 broadcast, 185, 334 CATV, 185, 381–386 distribution, 185, 334 l ...

INDEX 541 source–fiber coupling in, 118 WDM, 360 optoelectronic integration for receivers, 153 for transmitters, 123 optogalvani ...