TY - BOOK AU - Hecht,Jeff TI - Understanding fiber optics SN - 0131174290 (pasta dura) U1 - 621.3692 22 ed. PY - 2006/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson ; Prentice Hall KW - Fibra Óptica KW - Transmisores Ópticos KW - Fiber Optics N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas, índice, glosario, etc; Cap. 1. An introduction to fiber optics -- 2. Fundamentals of fiber-optic components -- 3. Fundamentals of communications -- 4. Types of optical fibers -- 5. Properties of optical fibers -- 6. Fiber materials, structure and manufacture --7. Specialty fibers -- 8. Cabling -- 9. Light sources -- 10. Transmitters -- 11. Receivers -- 12. Amplifacation, regeneration and wavelenght conversion -- 13. Connectors and splices -- 14. Couplers and other passive components -- 15. Wavelenght-division multiplexing optics -- 16. Optical switches, modulators and other active components -- 17. Fiber-optic measurements -- 18. Troubleshooting and test equipment -- 19. System and optical networking concepts -- 20. Fiber system standars -- 21. Single-channel system design -- 22. Optical networking system design -- 23. Global telecommunications applications -- 24. Regional and metro telecommunications -- 25. Local telephone or " Access" network -- 26. Internet access and local-area network -- 27. Video transmission -- 28. Mobile fiber-optic communications -- 29. Fiber-optic sensors -- 30. Imaging and illuminating fiber optics ER -