3.2.1 Information Capacity Determination
3.2.2 Group Delay
3.2.3 Material Dispersion
3.2.4 Waveguide Dispersion
3.2.5 Signal Distortion in Single-Mode Fibers
3.2.6 Polarization-Mode Dispersion
3.2.7 Intermodal Distortion
3.3 Pulse Broadening in Graded-Index Waveguides
3.4 Mode Coupling
3.5 Design Optimization of Single-Mode Fibers
3.5.1 Refractive-Index Profiles
3.5.2 Cutoff Wavelength
3.5.3 Dispersion Calculations
3.5.4 Mode-Field Diameter
3.5.5 Bending Loss
Chapter 4: Optical Sources
4.1 Topics From Semiconductor Physics
4.1.1 Energy Bands
4.1.2 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Material
4.1.3 The pn Junctions
4.1.4 Direct and Indirect Bandgaps
4.1.5 Semiconductor Device Fabrication
4.2 Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
4.2.1 LED Structures
4.2.2 Light Source Materials
4.2.3 Quantum Efficiency and LED Power
4.2.4 Modulation of an LED
4.3 Laser Diodes
4.3.1 Laser Diode Modes and Threshold Conditions
4.3.2 Laser Diode Rate Equations
4.3.3 External Quantum Efficiency
4.3.4 Resonant Frequencies
4.3.5 Laser Diode Structures and Radiation Patterns
4.3.6 Single-Mode Lasers
4.3.7 Modulation of Laser Diodes
4.3.8 Temperature Effects
4.4 Light Source Linearity
4.5 Modal, Partition, and Reflection Noise
4.6 Reliability Considerations
Chapter 5: Power Launching and Coupling
5.1 Source-to-Fiber Power Launching
5.1.1 Source Output Pattern
5.1.2 Power-Coupling Calculation
5.1.3 Power Launching versus Wavelength
5.1.4 Equilibrium Numerical Aperture
5.2 Lensing Schemes for Coupling Improvement
5.2.1 Nonimaging Microsphere
5.2.2 Laser Diode-to-Fiber Coupling
5.3 Fiber-to-Fiber Joints
5.3.1 Mechanical Misalignment
5.3.2 Fiber-Related Losses
5.3.3 Fiber End Face Preparation
5.4 LED Coupling to Single-Mode Fibers
5.5 Fiber Splicing
5.5.1 Splicing Techniques
5.5.2 Splicing Single-Mode Fibers
5.6 Optical Fiber Connectors
5.6.1 Connector Types
5.6.2 Single-Mode Fiber Connectors
5.6.3 Connector Return Loss