Publications: The POF-Book
POF – Polymer Optical Fibers for Data Communication
Available since 01.09.2001 (click image for larger view)
| Authors: | Werner Daum, Jürgen Krauser, Peter E. Zamzow, Olaf Ziemann |
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| ISBN: | 3-540-42009-6 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
Content Overview:
Chapter 1: Light Propagation in Optical Fibers
Wave and quantum nature of light
Electromagnetic spectrum
Refraction and total reflection
Optical fibers
Modes in optical fibers
Attenuation
Dispersion in optical fibers
Chapter 2: Properties of Polymer Optical Fibers
Definition of bandwidth
Bandwidth of different polymer fibers
Calculating the bandwidth of SI fibers
Chromatic dispersion in polymer optical fibers
Methods for increasing bandwidth
Bending characteristics of polymer optical fibers
Chapter 3: Development of the Polymer Optical Fiber (POF)
Looking back
The POF up to the year 2000
Materials used for POF
Methods for manufacturing POF
Chapter 4: Components for POF systems
Transmitters and receivers
Cables
Connectors and tools
Transceivers
Couplers
GI fiber cables
Chapter 5: POF Systems
Digital optical signal transmission
Network architectures
Point-to-Point systems with polymer optical fibers
WDM systems with polymer optical fibers
Special systems
Chapter 6: System Design
Link power budget of optical transmission systems
The link power budget of the ATM Forum specification
Choice of wavelength for POF systems
Examples of link power budgets
Chapter 7: Optical Measuring Methods
Overview
Measuring power
Methods of measurement for fibers
Connectors
Chapter 8: The Reliability of POF
Environmental influences on polymer optical fibers
The effect of environmental influences on optical transmission
Investigation of reliability under various environmental influences
Chapter 9: Standards
ATM Forum (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
IEEE 1394b
SERCOS (SErial Realtime COmmunication System)
Profibus
INTERBUS
D2B (Domestic Digital Bus)
MOST (Media Oriented System Transport)
Standards for Methods of Measurement
Chapter 10: Applications of Polymer Optical Fibers
POF in the automotive field
POF in data communication networks
POF in lighting technology
POF in sensor technology
Planar light waveguides
Chapter 11: POF Clubs
The Japanese POF consortium
HSPN and PAVNET
The French POF club
The Information Technology Society (ITG)
sub committee (SC) "Polymer Optical Fibers"
The Polymer Optical Fiber Application Center (POF AC)
at the University of Applied Sciences Nürnberg
EU POF NET
Working Group of the Association for Electrical,
Electronic & Information Technologies