Optical Fiber Applications ed. by Guillermo Huerta-Cuellar, Roghayeh Imani

This book intends to provide the reader a review of some different fiber optic applications as well as some ideas about the future of growing in this important technological area.

With the invention of the laser it was possible to think about a fast and efficient way to make the information transmission, thus originating the first ideas of transmission through wave guides. This led to the invention of the optical fibers, for which scientific-technological research has been constantly developed in order to improve the efficiency of information transmission for different applications. Then, various techniques and materials used for the manufacture of optical fibers have been developed, which have been improved over the years, obtaining high efficiency in the transmission of information, as well as different types of optical fiber applications.

Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Optical Fibers
2.Mid-Infrared InP-Based Discrete Mode Laser Diodes
3.Optoelectronic Key Elements for Polymeric Fiber Transmission Systems
4.All Optical Signal Processing Technologies in Optical Fiber Communication
5.Optical Fibers Profiling Using Interferometric and Digital Holographic Methods
6.Temperature Sensing Characteristics of Tapered Doped Fiber Amplifiers
7.Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensors with Chalcogenide Glass and Crystalline Sensing Element