Provides a description of the principles and practical applications of Fibre Bragg gratings technology. The authors explain the underlying physics and practical aspects. Topics covered include photosensitivity; properties; inscribing grating; detailed applications coverage in both telecommunications and sensing and a look at the technology of this technology on the marketplace.

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This practitioner's look at optical transmission gives you essential, hands-on guidance to engineering for optimal network performance. Real-world applications illustrate in detail the principles of transmission systems engineering. Complete with tables containing optical signal, noise and impairment parameters, this book is a useful tool for calculating and modelling network transmission capabilities, evaluating tradeoffs among systems parameters and transmission optimization, and assessing optical transport limits and penalties. network transmission under worst case conditions, establish...