内容简介
AUnique,Cutting-EdgeApproachtoOpticalFilterDesignWithmoreandmoreinformationbeingtransmittedoverfiber-opticlines,opticalfilteringhasbecomecrucialtotheadvancedfunctionalityoftoday'scommunicationsnetworks.Helpingresearchersandengineerskeeppacewiththisrapidlyevolvingtechnology,thisbookpresentsdigitalprocessingtechniquesforopticalfilterdesign.Thishigher-levelapproachfocusesonfiltercharacteristicsandenablesreaderstoquicklycalculatethefilterresponseaswellastacklelargerandmorecomplexfilters.Theauthorsincorporatenumeroustheoreticalandexperimentalresultsfromtheliteratureanddiscussapplicationstoavarietyofsystems-includingthenewwavelengthdivisionmultiplexing(WDM)technology,whichisfastbecomingthepreferredmethodforsystemupgradeandexpansion.Specialfeaturesofthisbookinclude:*Thetheoryunderlyingvariousarchitecturesthatcanapproximateanyfilterfunction*Filterdesigntechniquesapplicabletoabroadrangeofmaterialssystems-fromsilicatofibertomicroelectromechanical(MEM)systems*DesignexamplesrelevanttofiltersforWDMsystemsandplanarwaveguidedevices*250figuresaswellasproblemsetsforuseingraduate-levelstudies