Fiber Optic Data Communication: Technology Trends and Advances

Part - 1: Technology Advances History of Fiber Optics / by B Jeff D. Montgomery Market Analysis and Business Planning / by Yann Y. Morvan and Ronald C. Lasky Small Form Factor Fiber Opric Connectors/ by John Fox and Casimer DeCusatis Specialty Fiber Optic Cables/ by Casimer DeCusatis and John Fox Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing for Data Communication Networks / by Casimer DeCusatis Optical Backplanes, Board and Chip Interconnects / by Rainer Michalzik Parallel Computer Architectures Using Fiber Optics / by David B. Sher and Casimer DeCusatis Part - 2: The Future Packaging Assembly techniques /by Ronald C. Lasky, Adam Singer and Prashant Chouta InfiniBand: The Interconnect from Backplane to Fiber / by Ali Ghiasi New Devices for Optoelectronics: Smart Pixels / by Barry L. Shoop, Andre H. Sayles and Daniel M. Litynski Emerging Technology for Fiber Optic Data Communication / by Chung-Sheng Li Manufacturing Challenges /by Eric Maass Appendix - A: Measurement Conversion Tables Appendix - B: Physical Constants Appendix - C: Index of Professional Organizations Appendix - D: OSI Model Appendix - E: Network Standards and Documents Appendix - F: Data Network Rates Appendix - G: Other Datacom Developments