K. Thyagarajan, PHD, is Professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology at New Delhi. He is a recipient of the 1997 Lucent Technologies Finolex-Voice & Data Fibre Optic Person of the Year Award.Ajoy Ghatak, PHD, is currently Distinguished Research Fellow at Disha Academy of Research and Education in Raipur. Professor Ghatak is a recipient of the 2003 Esther Hoffman Beller Award (instituted by The Optical Society of America) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to optical science and engineering education. Both men are Fellows of the Optical Society of America and have co-authored five previous books.

• Preface ixUnits and Abbreviations xi1. Introduction 12. Light Waves 33. Carrier Wave Communication 174. Optical Fibers 285. Loss in Optical Fibers 556. Pulse Dispersion in Multimode Optical Fibers 707. Pulse Dispersion in Single-Mode Optical Fibers 868. Fiber Optic Communication Systems 1009. Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Fiber Lasers 12510. Raman Fiber Amplifiers 15111. Fiber Bragg Gratings 16812. Fiber Optic Components 18613. Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers 20514. Optical Fiber Sensors 221References and Suggested Reading 236Index 239

This is an excellent reference book for anyone interested in gaining basic understanding of fiber optics. (Optics and Photoptics News, May 2008)