Application Of Optical Fiber In Engineering

Application of Optical Fiber in Engineering chronicles the recent progress in the research and development of optical fiber technology and examines present and future opportunities by presenting the latest advances on key topics such as birefringence and polarization mode dispersion characteristics, quantum communication, polymer optical fiber grating, optical fiber sensing devices and the Raman fiber laser. All the contributing authors are experts in the field, and this book contains their latest research. This book will provide an invaluable source for researchers, engineers, and advanced students in the field of optical fibers, photonics, optoelectronics, fiber lasers, and sensors.

Within the past few decades, information technologies have been evolving at a tremendous rate, causing profound changes to our world and our ways of life. In particular, fiber optics has been playing an increasingly crucial role within the telecommunication revolution. Not only most long-distance links are fiber based, but optical fibers are increasingly approaching the individual end users, providing wide bandwidth links to support all kinds of data-intensive applications such as video, voice, and data services. As an engineering discipline, fiber optics is both fascinating and challenging. Fiber optics is an area that incorporates elements from a wide range of techno- gies including optics, microelectronics, quantum electronics, semiconductors, and networking. As a result of rapid changes in almost all of these areas, fiber optics is a fast evolving field. Therefore, the need for up-to-date texts that address this growing field from an interdisciplinary perspective persists. This book presents an overview of fiber optics from a practical, engineering perspective. Therefore, in addition to topics such as lasers, detectors, and optical fibers, several topics related to electronic circuits that generate, detect, and process the optical signals are covered. In other words, this book attempts to present fiber optics not so much in terms of a field of “optics” but more from the perspective of an engineering field within “optoelectronics.

Here is an expert guide for applying fiber optics in telecommunications, local area networks, and point-to-point transfer. It establishes a basis for component and design selection by means of comparative evaluation. Charts/graphs.

This Book Presents A Comprehensive Overview Of The Present Day Status Of Optical Fibre And Laser Technology, Stating Their Principles And Various Applications Including Optical Telecommunications Largely Avoiding Mathematical Treatment.Keeping The Idea In Mind That We Understand The Subject Better By Doing Experiments On It, Large Number Of Experiments On Laser And Optical Fibre Have Been Included Starting From Very Simple Demonstration To Complicated Ones.Some Theoretical Discussions Are Also Included In The Appendix As A Ready Reference. These Are - Dual Nature Of Light, Electromagnetic Wave, Interference, Diffraction And Polarization Of Light, Propagation Modes Through Optical Fibre Waveguide, Basic Digital Communication And Networking In Telecommunication.The Curricula Of These Emerging Fields Of Study Are Constantly Being Updated With The Rapid Growth Of Technology. With This View In Mind, The Areas Beyond The Present Day Curriculum Of Degree / Diploma Engineering Level Have Also Been Covered In This Book. The Students Of Degree / Diploma Engineering In Electronics / Electronics & Telecommunication As Well As Students Of Any Other Engineering Discipline And Undergraduate Applied Physics Would Find This Book Well Informative. The Post Graduate Students / Readers With Advanced Knowledge Can Also Use This Book For Ready Reference.

Telephone, telefax, email and internet - the key ingredient of the inner workings is the conduit: the line which is designed to carry massive amounts of data at breakneck speed. In their data-carrying capacity optical fiber lines beat other technologies (copper cable, microwave beacons, satellite links) hands down, at least in the long haul. This book is a comprehensive source about optical fibers: Their structure, their light-guiding mechanism, their material and manufacture, their use. Several effects tend to degrade the signal as it travels down the fiber: they are spelled out in detail. Nonlinear processes are given due consideration for a twofold reason: On one hand they are fundamentally different from the more familiar processes in electrical cable. On the other hand, they form the basis of particularly interesting and innovative applications, provided they are understood well enough. A case in point is the use of so-called solitons, i.e. special pulses of light which have the wonderful property of being able to heal after perturbation. The book starts with the physical basics of ray and beam optics, explains fiber structure and the functions of optical elements, and continues to the forefront of applications. The state of the art of high speed data transmission will be described, and the use of fiber optic sensors in metrology is treated. The book is written in a pedagogical style so that students of both physics and electrical engineering, as well as technicians and engineers involved in optical technologies, will benefit.

Since the technology has moved strongly into a number of different areas a textbook of this sort could be used by a wide variety of academic departments including physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering and bioengineering. To make the second edition as widely appealing as possible a series of significant upgrades were made. 1. The book is structured to support a variety of academic programs and it can also be used as a general reference by practicing engineers and scientists. 2. The introductory chapter has been revised to outline the new content of the second edition and provide a overview of the current status of fiber optic sensor technology. 3. A new, extensive chapter has been added covering fiber optic grating sensor technology and its application to aerospace, civil structures, oil and gas and power generating applications. 4. A second new chapter has been added on the emerging field of biomedical fiber optic sensors. This is one of the most rapidly growing fields of use for fiber optic sensors and with rising health costs and medical advances promises to be an important area for many years to come.

In this book the reader will find a collection of chapters written by different research teams, describing different applications of optical fibers for sensing. This work is mainly addressed to researchers already working in this area, but it is also accessible to anyone with a scientific background who desires to have an updated overview of the recent progress in this domain. It will also be valuable to scientists and engineers who have become newly involved in this field. Each chapter is self-contained and can be read independently of the others. This book intends to provide highlights of the current research in this area, showing the recent advances in the field of optical fiber sensing.

An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fibre that carries light along its length. Fibre optics is the overlap of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of optical fibres. Optical fibres are widely used in fibre-optic communications, which permits transmission over longer distances and at higher data rates (a.k.a "bandwidth"), than other forms of communications. Fibers are used instead of metal wires because signals travel along them with less loss, and they are immune to electromagnetic interference. Fibres are also used for illumination, and in bundles can be used to carry images, allowing viewing in tight spaces. Specially designed fibres are used for a variety of other applications, including as sensors and fibre lasers. This book presents leading research from around the world.