Fiber and Integrated Optics

Propagation in Optical Fibers.- Fiber Technology.- Measurements.- Waves and Rays.- Uniform Circularly Symmetric Fibers.- Randomly Bent Fibers.- Effects Not Predicted by Paraxial Ray Theory.- Fabrication of Optical Fibers.- Attenuation and Dispersion Control.- High Silica Fibers Fabrication Techniques.- Multicomponent Glass Fibers.- Plastic Clad Fibers.- Fibers Made by Phase Separation.- Experimental Evaluation of Optical Fibers: A Review.- Geometrical Measurements.- Measurement of Refractive Index Profile.- Continuous Measurement of Fiber Geometry and Profile by Transverse Illumination.- Absorption and Scattering Loss Measurements.- Test of Microbending Loss.- Attenuation Measurements.- Pulse-Distortion and Frequency-Response Tests.- Conclusions.- Cable Fabrication.- Requirements for Optical Fiber Cable.- Transmission Properties.- Mechanical Properties.- Multifiber Bundle.- Telecommunication Cables.- Coating Fiber.- Monofiber Cable.- Multifiber Cable.- Ribbon Cable.- Fiber Optic Communications Systems: Subjective Nature of Human Communications.- Why Digital Communications?.- How to Go from Analog to Digital Signal.- Fiber Optic Communication Systems.- Fiber Transmission Characteristics.- The Photoreciever.- Transmitter Design.- Signal Processing in Digital Fiber Optic Transmissions.- Analog Transmission.- General Conclusion.- Photodectors for Integrated Optics and Fiber Optical Communication.- Characteristics of Photodiodes Sensitive Between 0.5 and 1.5 eV.- An Example: Photodiode Performance in Optical Fiber Communication Systems.- Summary.- Fiber Raman Lasers.- Stimulated Raman Scattering.- Raman Oscillators.- Other Nonlinear Processes.- Conclusions.- Planar Optical Waveguides.- Total Reflection.- Dielectric Films.- Film Mode Scattering.- Graded-Index Films.- Strip Guides.- Strip-Loaded Film Guide.- Rib Guide.- Bulge Guides.- The Coupled-Mode Formalism in Guided-Wave Optics.- The Coupled-Mode Formalism.- Elecromagnetic Derivations of the Coupled-Mode Equations.- Nonlinear Interactions.- Electrooptic Mode Coupling.- Phase Matching in Elecrooptic Coupling.- Photoelastic Coupling.- Coupling by a Surface Corrugation.- Summary.- Optical Waveguide Modulation Techniques.- Definitions.- Some Physical Effects Used in Optical Modulators and Switches.- Bulk Modulators.- Optical Waveguide Modulators.- Coupled-Wave Devices.- Codirectional Devices.- Contradirectional Devices.- Exotic Uses of Guided Wave Optics.- Fiber Devices.- Integrated Optical Devices.- Scientific Use of Guided Wave Optics.- Conclusion.- Nonlinear Experiments with Ti Diffused LiNbO3 Optical Waveguides.- Coherence Effects of the Electromagnetic Field Propagating in a Multimode Optical Fiber.- Measurement of the Near-Field Intensity.- Measurement of the Complex Degree of Coherence.- A Comparison of Single-Mode and Multimode Fibres for Long-Distance Telecommunications.- Attenuation.- Fabrication.- Limiting Core Diameter for Single-Mode Operation.- Bandwidth.- Characterisation.- Bending and Microbending Losses.- Splice Losses.- Sources and Detectors.- Geodesic Lenses in Integrated Optics.- Perfect Aspheric Geodesic Lenses with Smooth Junctions.- Hemishperical Geodesic Correlator.- Conclusions.- Guided Wave Activity in Germany.- Optical Fibre Communication.- Integrated Optics.- Recent Work on Optical Fibre Systems and Components in the UK.- Optical Fibre.- Fibre Propagation.- Fibre Measurement Techniques.- Fibre Jointing, Splicing and Connectors.- Sources.- System Design.- Systems Experiments.- Fibre and Integrated Optics in France.- A National Review on Fiber and Integrated OpticsActivity in Italy.- Fibers and Cables.- Sources and Detectors.- Measurement Methods.- Systems.- Integrated Optics.- Economic Aspects of Fibre Systems.- Cost-Comparison Studies.- Basic Cost Factors for Fibre Systems.- Cost Comparison with Copper Cable Systems.- Conclusions.