Fiber and Electro-Optical Components, Volume 4, Handbook of Microwave and Optical Components

The Handbook of Microwave and Optical Components is the most complete treatment available of both microwave and optical engineering principles, and is an excellent compendium for engineers who work in microwave and optical design, as well as engineers in other disciplines who need to understand the capabilities and limitations of microwave and optical systems. The Handbook covers all of the important components in microwave, millimeter wave, submillimeter wave, infrared, and optical frequency spectra. The information given is almost entirely practical in nature, with theoretical discussions and mathematical formulations given only where essential. The Handbook of Microwave and Optical Components provides a wealth of essential principles, design information, and references to help solve problems in high-frequency spectra. Whenever possible, design results are presented in graphic and tabular form. References are given for further study The information is organized into two major parts in four volumes. Part I, titled "Microwave Components," includes Volumes 1 and 2, Microwave Passive and Antenna Components and Microwave Solid-State Components, respectively Part II, "Optical Components," consists of the third and fourth volumes, Optical Components and Fiber and Electro-Optical Components. Each chapter was written as a self-contained unit, although there is occasionally some overlap of information. This fourth volume of the Handbook, Fiber and Electro-Optical Components, covers optical fiber transmission technology; optical channel waveguides and waveguide couplers; planar optical waveguides and waveguide lenses; optical modulation: electro-optical, acousto-optical, and magneto-optical devices; optical detectors; and liquid crystals: materials, devices, and applications. The contributing authors have condensed large amounts of data into readable accounts from their respective areas. Designed for the practicing microwave and optical engineer, this comprehensive volume will also be of considerable value to engineers in other disciplines who wish to understand the capabilities and limitations of microwave and optical systems. It will offer the type of detailed information necessary for use in today's complex and rapidly changing high-frequency engineering environment, and point the way towards future research and discovery.Chang, Kai is the author of 'Fiber and Electro-Optical Components, Volume 4, Handbook of Microwave and Optical Components', published 1991 under ISBN 9780471613657 and ISBN 0471613657.