Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xvii

Acknowledgments

pp xviii-xviii

Part I - Signals, spectra and optical modulations

pp 1-2

1 - Baseband signals and power spectra

pp 3-60

2 - Analytic signals and spectral efficiency

pp 61-141

3 - Optical signals, high-order modulations and spectra

pp 142-210

Part II - Principles of light polarization and optical amplification

pp 211-212

4 - Principles of non-linear optics and light polarization

pp 213-298

5 - Principles of light amplification

pp 299-373

6 - Spectral gain modeling of optical amplifiers

pp 374-432

7 - Noise theory of optical amplifiers

pp 433-584

Part III - Interferometric optical modulators

pp 585-586

8 - Theory of the single-mode optical coupler

pp 587-662

9 - Theory and applications of the Mach–Zehnder interferometer

pp 663-761

10 - Interferometric optical responses

pp 762-880

11 - Chirp theory of the Mach–Zehnder modulator

pp 881-959

12 - Theory and modeling of the quadrature Mach–Zehnder modulator

pp 960-1060

Part IV

pp 1061-1062

13 - Coherent system design for terabit transmission

pp 1063-1265

Appendix A - Electromagnetic energy and power flow

pp 1266-1269

Appendix B - Optical power and photon flux

pp 1270-1275

Index

pp 1276-1280