This new edition will retain all core features, while incorporating recent improvements and developments in the field.

This lecture-based book focuses on concepts and interpretation, mathematical procedures, and engineering applications, shedding light on device behavior and dynamics through computer modeling. Supplying a deeper understanding of the current and future state of optical systems and networks, this Second Edition: Reflects the latest developments in optical fiber communications technology. Includes new and updated case studies, examples, end-of-chapter problems, and MATLAB® and Simulink® models

The book remains a comprehensive introductory text for use by both undergraduate and postgraduate engineers and scientists to provide them with a firm grounding in all significant aspects of the technology, it now also encompasses a substantial chapter devoted to optical networks and networking concepts as this area.