Coherent Lightwave Communications Technology (Telecommunications Technology & Applications Series)

The recent development of narrow spectrum width semiconductor lasers and planar optical waveguide devices offers us the possibility of a new generation of lightwave based communication systems. This book covers the range of technical issues relating to lightwave technologies using high coherence lightwaves. In addition, it emphasises the system aspects of the new generation lightwave communication technologies such as optical frequency division multiplexing and coherent detection.