Polymer optical fibres : fibre types, materials, fabrication, characterisation and applications /: fibre types, materials, fabrication, characterisation and applications. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christian-Alexander Bunge, Thomas Gries and Markus Beckers.
• Editors: Bunge, Christian-Alexander; Beckers, Markus; Gries, Thomas
• Contents: Front Cover; Polymer Optical Fibres; Related titles; Polymer Optical Fibres: Fibre Types, Materials, Fabrication, Characterisation and Applications; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials; Foreword; Yet another book about polymer-optical fibres?; The right book at the right time; 1 -- Introduction -- why we made this book; 1.1 Historical background; 1.1.1 Development of optical communication; 1.1.2 Development of glass-optical fibres; 1.1.3 Development of polymer-optical fibres; 1.2 Why we made this book; 1.3 Summary; References 2 -- Basics of light guidance2.1 Introduction and overview; 2.1.1 Unit system and conventions; 2.1.2 Spectrum of electromagnetic waves; 2.2 Fundamentals of electromagnetic waves; 2.2.1 Maxwell's equations and wave equations; 2.2.1.1 Maxwell's equations; 2.2.1.2 Wave equations; 2.2.2 Energy flow in media; 2.2.2.1 Poynting vector; 2.2.2.2 Speed of light; 2.2.2.3 Phase and group velocity; 2.3 Propagation of electromagnetic waves in transparent media; 2.3.1 Oscillator model and refractive index; 2.3.1.1 Complexity of a quantum-mechanical approach 2.3.1.2 Harmonic oscillator model and wavelength dependency of refractive index2.3.2 Scattering phenomena; 2.3.2.1 Mie scattering; 2.3.2.2 Rayleigh scattering; 2.4 Boundary surface phenomena and geometrical optics; 2.4.1 Reflection and transmission on optical boundary surfaces; 2.4.1.1 Snell's law and reflection of light; 2.4.1.2 Fresnel equations; 2.4.2 Special cases of optical transition; 2.4.2.1 Total internal reflection; 2.4.2.2 Brewster angle; 2.4.3 Superposition of electromagnetic waves; 2.4.3.1 Interference; 2.4.3.2 Coherence; 2.4.3.3 Antireflective systems; 2.4.4 Geometrical optics 2.4.4.1 Principle of geometrical optics2.4.4.2 Principle of Fermat; 2.5 Anisotropic effects; 2.5.1 Anisotropic effects and their application; 2.5.1.1 Polarisation; Linearly polarised light; Nonlinearly polarised light; 2.5.1.2 Physical basics; Optically isotropic materials; Crystalline solids with one optical axis; Crystalline solids with two optical axes; 2.5.1.3 Applications; 2.6 Chromatic dispersion in real media; 2.6.1 Physical basics; 2.6.2 Effects in real media; 2.6.2.1 Modal dispersion; 2.6.2.2 Chromatic dispersion; 2.6.2.3 Polarisation-mode dispersion; 2.7 Summary
• Publisher Details: Duxford, United Kingdom : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 540; Optical fibers; Polymers -- Optical properties; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General; Optical fibers; Polymers -- Optical properties; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0081000561; 9780081000564
• Related ISBNs: 0081000391; 9780081000397
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