The Physics of Optical Components

This chapter contains sections titled:

• Introduction

• The Nature of Light

• Optical Materials

• Light Meets Matter

• The Fiber as an Optical Transmission Medium

• Nonlinear Phenomena

• Solitons

• Summary of Nonlinear Phenomena

• Factors that Affect Matter and Light

• Regarding Optical Fiber

• Fiber Connectivity

• Optical PWBs

• Exercises

• References

• Standards

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