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Main Authors: Geisler, J (Author)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Beaven, G; Boutruche, J. P
Published: Pergamon InfoLine,
Publisher Address: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Publication Dates: 1986.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: EPO applied technology series ; v. 5
Subjects:
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080305776
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv, 635 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483190662
1483190668
Index Number: TK5103
CLC: TN929.1
Contents: Front Cover; Optical Fibres; Copyright Page; Foreword; NOTE ON CITED PATENT DOCUMENTS; Table of Contents; PART ONE: MAKING OF OPTICAL FIBRES; CHAPTER I. Manufacture of Optical Fibres; INTRODUCTION; SECTION A : PRODUCTION OF PREFORMS; SECTION B : DRAWING OF OPTICAL FIBRES; SECTION C : POST-TREATMENT OF OPTICAL FIBRES; CHAPTER II. Materials Used in the Production of Optical Fibres; INTRODUCTION; SECTION A : (DOPED) SILICA FIBRES; SECTION B : OXIDE GLASSES NOT CONTAINING SILICA; SECTION C : MULTICOMPONENT GLASS; SECTION D : N0N-0XIDE GLASS; PART TWO: CONNECTORS, TERMINALS, BRANCHES
CHAPTER I. The Background to Connector Design1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CRITERIA AND PROBLEMS; 3. KINDS OF ENERGY LOSS; 4. KINDS OF CONNECTOR : SPLICES, DEMOUNTABLE CONNECTORS; REFERENCES TO CHAPTER I; PATENT REFERENCE; CHAPTER II. Fibre End Preparation; 1. REMOVING PROTECTIVE LAYERS; 2. MECHANICAL STRIPPING; 3. CHEMICAL STRIPPING OR NON-MECHANICAL STRIPPING; 4. CLEAVING OR CUTTING AN OPTICAL FIBRE; REFERENCES TO CHAPTER II; PATENT REFERENCES; CHAPTER III. Splices (Permanent Connections); 1. FUSION SPLICES; 2. ALIGNMENT OF FIBRE ENDS BEFORE SPLICING; 3. REINFORCEMENT OF SPLICE JOINTS
4. MECHANICAL SPLICES5. SPLICE BOXES AND SURPLUS FIBRE STORAGE; REFERENCES TO CHAPTER III; PATENT REFERENCES; CHAPTER IV. Ferrule Type Demountable Connectors; 1. FERRULE FITTING PROCESSES; FERRULE DETAILS; 2. CONNECTING A PAIR OF FERRULES; 3. CONNECTING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF FERRULES; REFERENCES TO CHAPTER IV; PATENT REFERENCES; CHAPTER V. Connectors Using Guide Surfaces; 1. ALIGNMENT BY GROOVES; 2. ALIGNMENT BY RODS; 3. ALIGNMENT BY BALLS; 4. ALIGNMENT BY PRECISION BORE OR TUBE; PATENT REFERENCES TO CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI. Expanded Beam Connectors; 1. EXPANDED BEAM CONNECTORS
PATENT REFERENCES TO CHAPTER VICHAPTER VII. Simple Multiport Couplers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ""T"" COUPLERS AND DUPLEX COUPLERS; 3. ""Y"" COUPLERS; 4. THREE OR FOUR PORT COUPLERS USING REFLECTIVE SURFACES; 5. DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS USING LATERAL COUPLING; 6. COUPLING LIGHT THROUGH AFIBRE BEND OR LOOP; 7. STAR COUPLERS; REFERENCES TO CHAPTER VII; PATENT REFERENCES; CHAPTER VIII. Multiplexers, Demultiplexers; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. USING PRISMS; 3. USING WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE FILTERS; 4. USING DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PATENT REFERENCES TO CHAPTER VIII; PART THREE: OPTICAL FIBRE TRANSMISSION
CHAPTER I. Optical Fibre Transmission1. FIBRE PROPAGATION; 2. MODULATION AND MULTIPLEXING; 3. TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; CHAPTER II. Transmitters for Optical Fibres; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE LED AS AN OPTICAL SOURCE; 2. THE LASER AS AN OPTICAL SOURCE; 3. A GENERAL COMPARISON BETWEEN LED'S AND LASERS; 4. THE MULTIPLEXING DIODE; 5. THE DRIVER; 6. OPTICAL TRANSMITTER LINEARIZATION; 7. OPTICAL TRANSMITTER TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION; 8. REDUCING SOME LASER IMPAIRMENTS; 9. IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY OF THE TRANSMITTER; 10. OPTICAL TAPS AND FEEDBACK SIGNALS; CHAPTER III. Optical Fibre Receivers; INTRODUCTION