Units and Abbreviations.

1. Introduction.

2. Light Waves.

3. Carrier Wave Communication.

4. Optical Users.

5. Loss in Optical Fibers.

6. Pulse Dispersion in Multimode Optical Fibers.

7. Pulse Dispersion in Single-Mode Optical Fibers.

8. Fiber Optic Communication Systems.

9. Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Fiber Lasers.

10. Raman Fiber Amplifiers.

11. Fiber Bragg Gratings.

12. Fiber Optic Components.

13. Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers.

14. Optical Fiber Sensors.

References and Suggested Reading.

Index.