This review discusses the requirements and constraints on components for long-wavelength
monomode systems. In particular it critically reviews the current status of fibre, splicing …

Twenty years have passed since the first serious proposal was made to use a glass‐fiber
waveguide as a telecommunications transmission medium. Since then, vigorous research …

Single-mode optical fiber transmission technology in the 1.0-1.8-μ m wavelength region is
reviewed. Owing to low fiber loss in the spectral region and to wide-band single-mode fiber …

A basic, unified reference, rather than a description of the current experimental activity,
presenting the scientific and engineering principles of single-mode optical fibers. It does …

Fiber optics is a transmission technique that uses electrical signals to modulate a light
source and thereby produce an optical signal proportional to the electrical signal. These …

While the world is still marveling at optical-fiber communication, the second generation of
optical-fiber technology is upon us. Single-mode optical-fiber systems are being …

Recent progress in lightwave systems research is reviewed with special emphasis on high-
bit-rate transmission over long distances. The limits imposed by the single-mode fiber as …

The authors give the fundamental concepts of all-fibre devices and the basic technology that
has been developed to realise those concepts. In addition, they present a review of the state …

Long-wavelength single-mode optical fiber transmission technology has recently made
rapid progress and is now moving into the commercial operation stage. This paper …

We review recent progress in coupling devices for monomode fiber systems, with an eye
towards practical performance limits in the near future. Emphasis is placed on key subjects …