Rajiv Ramaswami worked on optical networks for fifteen years from research to commercial deployment and is currently a vice president at Cisco. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras, and received a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Kumar N. Sivarajan worked on optical, wireless and telecommunication networks for ten years in academia and research labs before cofounding the optical networking company, Tejas Networks, Bangalore, in 2000. He has a B.Tech. degree from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. from Caltech, Pasadena. Galen Sasaki worked on optical networks for sixteen years in academia and is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii. He has a BS degree from the University of Hawaii and MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

"The authors’ grasp of what is truly workable and worthwhile in optical networks is fundamental, and they have effectively packaged this knowledge in an easy-to-comprehend text that will be valued to both veterans and those new to optical networking." --Scott Grout, President and CEO, Chorum Technologies

• 1. Introduction to Optical NetworksPART I: TECHNOLOGY2. Propagation of Signals in Optical Fiber3. Components4. Modulation and Demodulation5. Transmission System EngineeringPART II: NETWORKS6. Client Layers of the Optical Layer7. WDM Network Elements8. WDM Network Design9. Control and Management10. Network Survivability11. Access Networks12. Photonic Packet Switching13. Deployment ConsiderationsAppendixA. AcronymsB. Symbols and ParametersC. StandardsD. Wave EquationsE. Pulse Propagation in Optical FiberF. Nonlinear PolarizationG. Multilayer Thin-Film FiltersH. Random Variables and ProcessesI. Receiver Noise Statistics

Rajiv Ramaswami worked on optical networks for fifteen years from research to commercial deployment and is currently a vice president at Cisco. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras, and received a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Kumar N. Sivarajan worked on optical, wireless and telecommunication networks for ten years in academia and research labs before cofounding the optical networking company, Tejas Networks, Bangalore, in 2000. He has a B.Tech. degree from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. from Caltech, Pasadena. Galen Sasaki worked on optical networks for sixteen years in academia and is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii. He has a BS degree from the University of Hawaii and MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

"The authors’ grasp of what is truly workable and worthwhile in optical networks is fundamental, and they have effectively packaged this knowledge in an easy-to-comprehend text that will be valued to both veterans and those new to optical networking." --Scott Grout, President and CEO, Chorum Technologies

• 1. Introduction to Optical NetworksPART I: TECHNOLOGY2. Propagation of Signals in Optical Fiber3. Components4. Modulation and Demodulation5. Transmission System EngineeringPART II: NETWORKS6. Client Layers of the Optical Layer7. WDM Network Elements8. WDM Network Design9. Control and Management10. Network Survivability11. Access Networks12. Photonic Packet Switching13. Deployment ConsiderationsAppendixA. AcronymsB. Symbols and ParametersC. StandardsD. Wave EquationsE. Pulse Propagation in Optical FiberF. Nonlinear PolarizationG. Multilayer Thin-Film FiltersH. Random Variables and ProcessesI. Receiver Noise Statistics

Rajiv Ramaswami worked on optical networks for fifteen years from research to commercial deployment and is currently a vice president at Cisco. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras, and received a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Kumar N. Sivarajan worked on optical, wireless and telecommunication networks for ten years in academia and research labs before cofounding the optical networking company, Tejas Networks, Bangalore, in 2000. He has a B.Tech. degree from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. from Caltech, Pasadena. Galen Sasaki worked on optical networks for sixteen years in academia and is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii. He has a BS degree from the University of Hawaii and MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

"The authors’ grasp of what is truly workable and worthwhile in optical networks is fundamental, and they have effectively packaged this knowledge in an easy-to-comprehend text that will be valued to both veterans and those new to optical networking." --Scott Grout, President and CEO, Chorum Technologies

• 1. Introduction to Optical NetworksPART I: TECHNOLOGY2. Propagation of Signals in Optical Fiber3. Components4. Modulation and Demodulation5. Transmission System EngineeringPART II: NETWORKS6. Client Layers of the Optical Layer7. WDM Network Elements8. WDM Network Design9. Control and Management10. Network Survivability11. Access Networks12. Photonic Packet Switching13. Deployment ConsiderationsAppendixA. AcronymsB. Symbols and ParametersC. StandardsD. Wave EquationsE. Pulse Propagation in Optical FiberF. Nonlinear PolarizationG. Multilayer Thin-Film FiltersH. Random Variables and ProcessesI. Receiver Noise Statistics