Optical Devices and Fibres 1985 (Hardcover)

This volume contains a number of recent studies on lightwave devices, optical fibers, opto-electronic applications, and lightwave communication systems, as well as their theoretical fundamentals and related materials. Different aspects of topics not included in previous editions are also discussed in this book. An update is provided on the activities of leading Japanese scientists and experts, detailing the very rapid and significant developments made in the field of opto-electronics, especially in lightwave communications and laser disks. The book should therefore be of interest to scientists and engineers in laboratories and manufacturing industries, and to graduate students.