Optical Fiber Telecommunications VII (OFT VII) is the seventh installment of the OFT
series, and each edition reflects the current state-of-the-art at the time. Now 40 years
old, the series is a compilation by the research and development community of progress in optical fiber communications. Each edition starts with a clean slate, and chapters
and authors of OFT VII have been selected to elucidate topics that have evolved since
OFT VI or that have now emerged as promising areas of research and development.
This book incorporates completely new content from OFT VI (2013) and presents
the latest advances in optical fiber communication components, subsystems, systems,
and networks. The chapters are written by leading authorities from academia and
industry, and each chapter gives a self-contained overview of a specific technology,
covering the state-of-the-art and future research opportunities.
This book is intended to be an ideal reference on the latest advances in the key
technologies for future fiber optic communications, suitable for university and industry
researchers, graduate students, optical systems implementers, network operators, managers, and investors.