12: Optical Communications
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- 12.1: Introduction to optical communication links
- Photonic systems are usually analyzed in terms of individual photons, although wave methods still characterize the guidance of waves through optical fibers, space, or other media. This chapter introduces optical communications and applications of photonics, simple optical waveguides, lasers, and representative components of optical communications systems
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