Introduction to Optical Fiber Technology (Book with DVD)

Optical fibers are used most often as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber and find wide usage in fiber-optic communications, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at higher data rates than wire cables. To increase the transmission capacity of future communication networks is becoming very critical. The major driving force behind the widespread use of fiber optics communication is the high and rapidly increasing consumer and commercial demand for more telecommunication capacity and internet services, with fiber optic technology capable of providing the required information capacity. Advances in technology have enabled more data to be conveyed through a single optical fiber over long distances.