| Handbook of Optical Fibers and Cables, Second Edition Contributor(s): Murata (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824797191 ISBN-13: 9780824797195 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $356.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1996 Annotation: This timely Second Edition of a highly praised reference provides the most authoritative single source available for information on recent developments in optical fibers and optical fiber cable design. Maintaining and enhancing the style that made the first edition so popular, the Handbook of Optical Fibers and Cables, Second Edition covers the history of optical communications...discusses optical fiber materials, reliability, and manufacture...illustrates the design, construction, and properties of the latest cables used for optical fiber...describes fiber splicing and presents new, automated fiber splicing machines...examines cable connectors...shows how to use instrumental techniques to measure optical fiber systems...explains novel installation procedures and applications...and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Optics & Light - Technology & Engineering | Lasers & Photonics - Technology & Engineering | Fiber Optics |
| Dewey: 621.369 |
| LCCN: 96019153 |
| Series: Optical Engineering |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.24" W x 9.18" (1.90 lbs) 552 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work covers the history of optical communications, fibres and fiber cables, and compares optical fibres with other transmission media. It also discusses optical fibre materials, reliability and manufacture, illustrates the design, construction and properties of recent cables used for optical fibre, describes fibre splicing and presents automated fibre splicing machines, and more. |
