I Overview 1 Introduction to Optical Communications 2 From Point-to-Point Links to Networking II Basic Point-to-Point Communication Blocks 3 Light Sources 4 Optical Fibers 5 Photo Detectors 6 Noise in Optical Communications 7 Incoherent Detection III Networking 8 Time Domain Multiple Access (SONET, FDDI, B-ISDN, etc.) 9 Frequency Domain Multiple Access 10 Subcarrier Multiplexing 11 Photonic Switching IV Signal Processing 12 Direct Modulation 13 External Modulation 14 DFB Modulation 15 Coherent Detection 16 Line Coding and Timing Recovery 17 Optical Amplification 18 Soliton Transmission
