Vectorial Propagation of Light -- The Spin-Vector Calculus of Polarization -- Interaction of Light and Dielectric Media -- Elements and Basic Combinations -- Collimator Technologies -- Isolators -- Circulators -- Properties of Polarization-Dependent Loss and Polarization-Mode Dispersion -- Statistical Properties of Polarization in Fiber -- Review of Polarization Test and Measurement.The strong …
Design Flow Overview -- Simulation Tools in System Design -- System Level Modeling -- VHDL-AMS for Block Level Simulation -- to VHDL-AMS -- Selected RF Blocks in VHDL-AMS -- Macromodeling in VHDL-AMS -- Complex Example: WLAN Receiver -- Modeling of Analog Blocks in Verilog-A -- Characterization for Bottom-Up Verification -- Advanced Methods for Overall System Specification and Validation.Modern…
Review of Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Multi-Port System Theory -- Analysis of Space-Time Signals -- Antennas and Radiation -- Signal Space Concepts and Algorithms -- MIMO Channel Problems and Solutions.This text evolved from notes used to teach two-semester courses on multi-port signals and systems theory and vector-valued signal transmission to third-year electrical and computer engineering st…
Theoretical Models for Photonic Crystals -- to Part I -- Models for Infinite Crystals -- Models for Finite Crystals -- Quasi-Crystals and Archimedean Tilings -- Specific Features of Metallic Structures -- Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals -- to Part II. The Many ‘Facets’ of Photonic Crystals -- Control of Electromagnetic Waves -- Refractive Properties -- Confinement of Light in Zero-D…
Quantum Cryptography -- New OVDs for Personalized Documents Based on Color Holography and Lippmann Photography -- Distortion- and Noise-Robust Digital Watermarking Using Input and Fourier-Plane Phase Encoding -- Steganography and Encryption Systems Based on Spatial Correlators with Meaningful Output Images -- Optoelectronic Information Encryption with Incoherent Light -- Information Hiding: Ste…
Basic Nonlinear Optical Crystals -- Main Infrared Materials -- Often-Used Crystals -- Periodically Poled Crystals and “Wafer” Materials -- Newly Developed and Perspective Crystals -- Self-Frequency-Doubling Crystals -- Rarely Used and Archive Crystals -- Some Recent Applications -- Concluding Remarks.Nonlinear optical crystals are widely used in modern optical science and technology for fre…
Network Architectures -- Enabling Architectures for Next Generation Optical Networks -- Hybrid Hierarchical Optical Networks -- Advances in Passive Optical Networks (PONS) -- Regional-Metro Optical Networks -- Switching -- Optical Packet Switching -- Waveband Switching: A New Frontier in Optical WDM Networks -- Optical Burst Switching: Quality of Service, Multicast, and Operation and Maintenanc…
Intrinsic Noise -- Fundamental Concepts -- Physical Noise Sources -- Noise Parameters -- Noise Analysis of Linear Circuits -- Frequency Domain Noise Analysis of Linear Multiports -- Noise Models of Electronic Devices -- Interfering Signals -- External Noise -- Interference Reduction Methods -- Methods of Reducing Emission of Interfering Signals -- Interconnection Modeling and Crosstalk -- Metho…
Dielectric Properties of Water and Moist Substances -- Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Water and Aqueous Solutions -- Water in Polymers and Biopolymers Studied by Dielectric Techniques -- Thermal and Geometrical Effects on Bulk Permittivity of Porous Mixtures Containing Bound Water -- Model Systems for Materials with High Dielectric Losses in Aquametry -- Moisture Measurement in Multi-La…
ADC Characterisation Based on Sinewave Analysis -- ADC Applications, Architectures and Terminology -- Sinewave Test Setup -- Time-Domain Data Analysis -- Frequency-Domain Data Analysis -- Code Histogram Test -- Comparative Study of ADC Sinewave Test Methods -- Measurement of Additional Parameters -- Jitter Measurement -- Differential Gain and Phase Testing -- Step and Transient Response Measure…