Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction to Optical Bandwidth and Lightwave Paths -- 1.1 Optical Transmission and Networking -- 1.2 Optical Transmission System Definition -- 1.3 Organization of the Book -- 1.4 Summary -- References -- 2 Optical Components as Constituents of Lightwave Paths -- 2.1 Semiconductor Light Sources -- 2.1.1 Light Emitting Diodes -- 2.1.2 Semiconductor Lasers -- 2.1.3 Wavelength Selectable Lasers -- 2.2 Optical Modulators -- 2.2.1 Direct Optical Modulation -- 2.2.2 External Optical Modulation -- 2.3 Optical Fibers -- 2.3.1 Single-Mode Optical Fibers -- 2.3.2 Optical Fiber Manufacturing and Cabling -- 2.4 Optical Amplifiers -- 2.5 Photodiodes -- 2.6 Key Optical Components -- 2.6.1 Optical Couplers, Isolators, Variable Optical Attenuators, and Optical Circulators -- 2.6.2 Optical Switches -- 2.6.3 Optical Filters -- 2.6.4 Optical Multiplexers and Demultiplexers -- 2.7 Summary -- References -- 3 Optical Signal, Noise, and Impairments Parameters -- 3.1 Optical Signal Parameters -- 3.1.1 Output Signal Power -- 3.1.2 The Extinction Ratio -- 3.1.3 Optical Amplifier Gain -- 3.1.4 Photodiode Responsivity -- 3.2 Noise Parameters -- 3.2.1 Mode Partition Noise -- 3.2.2 Laser Intensity and Phase Noise -- 3.2.3 Modal Noise -- 3.2.4 Quantum Shot Noise -- 3.2.5 Dark Current Noise -- 3.2.6 Thermal Noise -- 3.2.7 Spontaneous Emission Noise -- 3.2.8 Noise Beat Components -- 3.2.9 Crosstalk Noise Components -- 3.3 Signal Impairments -- 3.3.1 Fiber Attenuation -- 3.3.2 Insertion Losses -- 3.3.3 Frequency Chirp -- 3.3.4 Chromatic Dispersion -- 3.3.5 Polarization Mode Dispersion -- 3.3.6 Self-Phase Modulation -- 3.3.7 Cross-Phase Modulation -- 3.3.8 Four-Wave Mixing -- 3.3.9 Stimulated Raman Scattering -- 3.3.10 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering -- 3.4 Summary -- References.

4 Assessment of the Optical Transmission Limitations and Penalties -- 4.1 Attenuation Impact -- 4.2 Noise Impact -- 4.3 Modal Dispersion Impact -- 4.4 Polarization Mode Dispersion Impact -- 4.5 Impact of Nonlinear Effects -- 4.6 Summary -- References -- 5 Optical Transmission Systems Engineering -- 5.1 Transmission Quality Definition -- 5.2 Receiver Sensitivity Handling -- 5.2.1 Receiver Sensitivity Defined by Shot Noise and Thermal Noise -- 5.2.2 Receiver Sensitivity Defined by Optical Preamplifier -- 5.2.3 Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio -- 5.3 Power Penalty Handling -- 5.3.1 Power Penalty Due to Extinction Ratio -- 5.3.2 Power Penalty Due to Intensity Noise -- 5.3.3 Power Penalty Due to Timing Jitter -- 5.3.4 Power Penalty Due to Signal Crosstalk -- 5.3.5 Comparative Review of Power Penalties -- 5.3.6 Handling of Accumulation Effects -- 5.4 Systems Engineering and Margin Allocation -- 5.4.1 Systems Engineering of Power-Budget Limited Point-to-Point Lightwave Systems -- 5.4.2 Systems Engineering of Bandwidth-Limited Point-to-Point Lightwave Systems -- 5.4.3 Systems Engineering for High-Speed Optical Transmission Systems -- 5.4.4 Optical Performance Monitoring -- 5.4.5 Computer-Based Modeling and Systems Engineering -- 5.5 Summary -- References -- 6 Optical Transmission Enabling Technologies and Trade-offs -- 6.1 Enabling Technologies -- 6.1.1 Optical Amplifiers -- 6.1.2 Advanced Dispersion Compensation -- 6.1.3 Advanced Modulation Schemes -- 6.1.4 Advanced Detection Schemes -- 6.1.5 Forward Error Correction -- 6.1.6 Wavelength Conversion and Optical 3R -- 6.2 Transmission System Engineering Trade-offs -- 6.2.1 Optical Fiber Type Selection -- 6.2.2 Spectral Efficiency -- 6.2.3 Chromatic Dispersion Management -- 6.2.4 Optical Power Level -- 6.2.5 Optical Path Length -- 6.3 Summary -- References -- 7 Optical Transmission Systems Engineering Toolbox.

7.1 Physical Quantities, Units, and Constants Used in this Book -- 7.2 Electromagnetic Field and the Wave Equation -- 7.3 The Propagation Equation for Single-Mode Optical Fiber -- 7.4 Frequency and Wavelength of the Optical Signal -- 7.5 Stimulated Emission of Light -- 7.6 Semiconductors as Basic Materials for Lasers and Photodiodes -- 7.7 Laser Rate Equations -- 7.8 Modulation of an Optical Signal -- 7.9 Optical Receiver Transfer Function and Signal Equalization -- 7.10 Summary -- References -- List of Acronyms -- About the Author -- Index -- Optoelectronics Library.