Govind P. Agrawal - Fiber-Optic Communication Systems (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering)

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 4
4. Chapter 5
5. Chapter 6
6. Chapter 10

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Appendix D

Fifth Edition

Govind P. Agrawal

The Institute of Optics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

This edition first published 2021

2021 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Edition History

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Agrawal, G. P. (Govind P.), 1951 author.

Title: Fiberoptic communication systems / Govind P. Agrawal.

Description: Fifth edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2021. | Includes bibliographical

references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021019319 (print) | LCCN 2021019320 (ebook) | ISBN

9781119737360 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119737377 (adobe pdf) | ISBN

9781119737384 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Fiber optics. | Optical communications.

Classification: LCC TA1800 .A47 2021 (print) | LCC TA1800 (ebook) | DDC

621.382/75dc23

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To the memory of my Parents

To Anne, Sipra, Caroline, and Claire

Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1992, the state of the art of fiberoptic communication systems has advanced dramatically between the first and fifth editions. The highest capacity of commercial fiberoptic links available in 1992 was only 2.5 Gb/s. A mere four years later, with the advent of wavelengthdivision multiplexing (WDM), systems with the capacity of 40 Gb/s became available commercially. By 2001, the capacity of commercial WDM systems exceeded 1.6 Tb/s. At the same time, the capacity of transoceanic lightwave systems installed worldwide exploded. A global network (TGNPacific) covering 250,000km with a capacity of 2.56 Tb/s (64 WDM channels at 10 Gb/s over 4 fiber pairs), became operational in 2004, and the bit rate of each channel was upgraded to 100 Gb/s by 2014 (owned by Tata Communications Limited). With the advent of coherent technology, the capacity of submarine systems has exploded. For example, the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) that became operational in 2020 (owned by Google and Facebook), is designed to cover a distance 12,900 km and to operate with a total capacity approaching 144 Tb/s over six fiber pairs.

The fourth edition of this book appeared in 2010. It has been well received by the scientific community involved with lightwave technology. Judging from the book's adoption as a textbook for courses offered at the universities worldwide, it appears that the educational community also likes this book. Because of the rapid advances that have occurred over the last 10 years, the publisher and I deemed it necessary to bring out the fifth edition to ensure that the book continues to provide a comprehensive and uptodate account of fiberoptic communication systems. The result is in your hands. The primary objective of the book remains the same. Specifically, it should be able to serve both as a textbook and a reference monograph. For this reason, the emphasis is on the physical understanding, but the engineering aspects are also discussed throughout the text.

Because of the large amount of material that needed to be added to provide comprehensive coverage, the book size has increased considerably compared with the first edition. Although all chapters have been updated, the major changes have occurred in describes a few advanced topics that may become practical in the near future. The contents of the book reflect the state of the art of optical communication systems in 2020.

The primary role of this book is as a graduatelevel textbook in the field of