Fiber Optic Communications (Hardcover)
暫譯: 光纖通信 (精裝版)

本書強調了理解現代高容量光波電信網路所需的光纖技術基本原則。這些網路已成為社會中不可或缺的一部分，應用範圍從簡單的網頁瀏覽到關鍵的醫療診斷和雲端計算。由於用戶期望這些服務始終可用，因此在從元件開發到網路運營的所有技術中都需要仔細的工程設計。為了達成這種理解，本書首先全面介紹了各種光纖結構和在光纖網路中使用的多樣光子元件。接下來的討論是數位和類比光纖傳輸鏈路的基本設計原則。最後幾章介紹了光網路的架構和性能特徵。

Gerd Keiser is Research Professor at Boston University and Professor and Consultant at PhotonicsComm Solutions, a firm specializing in education and consulting for the optical communications and biophotonics industries. Previously, he was involved with telecom technologies at Honeywell, GTE, and General Dynamics. His technical achievements at GTE earned him the prestigious Leslie Warner Award. In addition, he has served as Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston University, and Tufts University and was Industrial Advisor to the Wentworth Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was Chair Professor in the Electronics Engineering Department at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He also was Visiting Researcher at the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore and at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of OSA and SPIE, Associate Editor and Reviewer of several technical journals, and Author of five books. He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Physics from Northeastern University. His professional experience and research interests are in the general areas of optical networking and biophotonics.

Gerd Keiser 是波士頓大學的研究教授，以及 PhotonicsComm Solutions 的教授和顧問，該公司專注於光通信和生物光子學產業的教育與諮詢。之前，他曾在 Honeywell、GTE 和 General Dynamics 從事電信技術工作。他在 GTE 的技術成就使他獲得了著名的 Leslie Warner 獎。此外，他曾擔任東北大學、波士頓大學和塔夫茨大學的電機工程兼任教授，並擔任溫特沃斯科技學院的產業顧問。之前，他是國立台灣科技大學電子工程系的講座教授。他還曾在新加坡的科學技術研究局（A*STAR）和澳大利亞墨爾本大學擔任訪問研究員。他是 IEEE 的終身會士，OSA 和 SPIE 的會士，並擔任多本技術期刊的副編輯和審稿人，著有五本書籍。他在威斯康辛大學獲得數學和物理的學士及碩士學位，並在東北大學獲得物理博士學位。他的專業經驗和研究興趣主要集中在光網絡和生物光子學的領域。