Fundamentals of Optical Fibre Communication, Second Edition

Optical communication systems can be defined as systems for transferring information from a source to a destination using light as an information carrier. This book provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of optical fibre communication. In this edition, several new topics have been added, such as fibre optic coupler, coherent optical communication, BER performance of coherent optical communication systems, differential phase modulation schemes with direct detection, surface plasmon polariton and photonic crystal. Besides, a number of chapters have been significantly revised.
The book is intended as a text for undergraduate students of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering. It will also be useful to postgraduate students of Physics and those preparing for AMIE and AMIETE exams.