About the Author Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos is on the staff of the Advanced Optical Networking Center of Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations. His research interests and expertise include DWDM, IP, SONET/SDH and ATM systems and networks, ultrafast pattern recognition, access and enterprise systems, local area networks, satellite systems, protocols, intelligent signal processing, neural networks and fuzzy logic, control architectures, multitasking, and VLSI design. He has led and managed teams in these areas. He holds several patents, six of which (and eight pending) are in communications and optical communications systems. Dr. Kartalopoulos is the author of Understanding SONET/SDH and ATM (IEEE Press, 1999) and Understanding Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (IEEE Press, 1996). He has published widely on the subject of networks and optical communications systems.

• Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. FUNDAMENTALS OF LIGHT. The Nature of Light. Interaction of Light with Matter. OPTICAL COMPONENTS. The Optical Waveguide: The Fiber. Optical Spectral Filters and Gratings. Optical Demultiplexers. Light Sources. Photodetectors. Light Amplifiers. Other Optical Components. Optical Cross-Connects. Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers. CODING OPTICAL INFORMATION. Digital Transmission and Coding Techniques. Decoding Optical Information. DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING. DWDM Systems. Engineering DWDM Systems. DWDM Topologies. DWDM CURRENT ISSUES AND RESEARCH. State of the Art. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Answers. Index. About the Author.

About the Author Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos is on the staff of the Advanced Optical Networking Center of Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations. His research interests and expertise include DWDM, IP, SONET/SDH and ATM systems and networks, ultrafast pattern recognition, access and enterprise systems, local area networks, satellite systems, protocols, intelligent signal processing, neural networks and fuzzy logic, control architectures, multitasking, and VLSI design. He has led and managed teams in these areas. He holds several patents, six of which (and eight pending) are in communications and optical communications systems. Dr. Kartalopoulos is the author of Understanding SONET/SDH and ATM (IEEE Press, 1999) and Understanding Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (IEEE Press, 1996). He has published widely on the subject of networks and optical communications systems.

• Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. FUNDAMENTALS OF LIGHT. The Nature of Light. Interaction of Light with Matter. OPTICAL COMPONENTS. The Optical Waveguide: The Fiber. Optical Spectral Filters and Gratings. Optical Demultiplexers. Light Sources. Photodetectors. Light Amplifiers. Other Optical Components. Optical Cross-Connects. Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers. CODING OPTICAL INFORMATION. Digital Transmission and Coding Techniques. Decoding Optical Information. DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING. DWDM Systems. Engineering DWDM Systems. DWDM Topologies. DWDM CURRENT ISSUES AND RESEARCH. State of the Art. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Answers. Index. About the Author.

About the Author Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos is on the staff of the Advanced Optical Networking Center of Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations. His research interests and expertise include DWDM, IP, SONET/SDH and ATM systems and networks, ultrafast pattern recognition, access and enterprise systems, local area networks, satellite systems, protocols, intelligent signal processing, neural networks and fuzzy logic, control architectures, multitasking, and VLSI design. He has led and managed teams in these areas. He holds several patents, six of which (and eight pending) are in communications and optical communications systems. Dr. Kartalopoulos is the author of Understanding SONET/SDH and ATM (IEEE Press, 1999) and Understanding Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (IEEE Press, 1996). He has published widely on the subject of networks and optical communications systems.

• Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. FUNDAMENTALS OF LIGHT. The Nature of Light. Interaction of Light with Matter. OPTICAL COMPONENTS. The Optical Waveguide: The Fiber. Optical Spectral Filters and Gratings. Optical Demultiplexers. Light Sources. Photodetectors. Light Amplifiers. Other Optical Components. Optical Cross-Connects. Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers. CODING OPTICAL INFORMATION. Digital Transmission and Coding Techniques. Decoding Optical Information. DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING. DWDM Systems. Engineering DWDM Systems. DWDM Topologies. DWDM CURRENT ISSUES AND RESEARCH. State of the Art. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Answers. Index. About the Author.