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Fiber Optical Transmission Systems

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Fiber-Optic Transmission Networks

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In this chapter the basic concepts of fiber optical transmission systems are explained. The chapter starts with the presentation of the generic setup of a wavelength division multiplexing optical long-haul system. Afterwards the most important components are introduced, which are transmitters, optical amplifiers, fibers, optical cross-connects and receivers. At this point only the general properties of the components are outlined. The mathematical equations describing the various transmission effects are given in Chap. 3.

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Pachnicke, S. (2012). Fiber Optical Transmission Systems. In: Fiber-Optic Transmission Networks. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21055-6_2

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