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Understanding Optical Communications
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Author: Harry J. R. Dutton
List Price: $64.99
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ISBN: 0130201413
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (15 January, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 48,463
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Interesting stuff
If you've ever wondered how optical communications works, from the nature and physics of fiber optics to digital wavelength mutliplexing, this is the book to have.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Thumbs up from lambda land
This book is an excellent introduction to optical networking for applications engineers (AE's) and systems engineers (SE's) who need to get up speed on optics but don't need to wade through 150+ pages of graduate level mathematics. Dutton is required reading at several optical startups that are re-treading internetworking SE's into optics guys. The downside is the publication date--quite a while in networking. Overall analysis: best introduction for technical guys that is currently available.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A really excellent book on optical communications
This book is an overlooked gem in the optical communications space.It's not quite as technical as Ramaswami and Sivarajan's "Optical Networks" but very understandable and complete. It's an excellent way for a beginner, even someone who already knows non-optical communications, to begin learning about the optical communications space.It covers all the optical components, including fiber characteristics, LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, optical amplifiers and more. If you're looking for a good introduction to optical communications, this is it. The only negative is one common to all books on optical communications. The book was actually written in 1998 and earlier. While much hasn't changed, much has. So take the knowledge that's here but continue studying.
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