Innovations in optical fiber technology are revolutionizing world communications. Newly developed fiber amplifiers allow for direct transmission of high-speed signals over transcontinental distances without the need for electronic regeneration. Optical fibers find new applications in data processing. The impact of fiber materials, devices, and systems on communications in the coming decades will create an abundance of primary literature and the need for up-to-date reviews.Optical Fiber Technology: Materials, Devices, and Systems is a new cutting-edge journal designed to fill a need in this rapidly evolving field for speedy publication of regular length papers. Both theoretical and experimental papers on fiber materials, devices, and system performance evaluation and measurements are eligible, with emphasis on practical applications.Issues and Applications Covered Include:? Optical fiber components ? New fiber materials and designs ? Fiber lasers and amplifiers ? Fiber switching, memory, and signal processing ? Modulation format for transmission systems ? Fiber nonlinearities and countermeasures ? Long-haul transmission systems ? Fiber local area networks ? Fiber sensors and instrumentationThe journal provides valuable information for engineers and researchers in optical fiber technology, in both industry and academia.

光纖技術的創新正在徹底改變世界通信。新開發的光纖放大器允許在跨大陸距離上直接傳輸高速信號，而無需電子再生。光纖在數據處理中有新的應用。未來幾十年，光纖材料、設備和系統對通信的影響將產生大量的原始文獻，并需要進行最新的審查。光纖技術：材料、設備和系統是一種新的前沿期刊，旨在滿足這一快速發展的領域快速出版常規長度論文的需要。關于纖維材料、設備和系統性能評估和測量的理論和實驗論文都是合格的，重點是實際應用。涉及的問題和應用包括：?光纖組件?新纖維材料和設計?光纖激光器和放大器?光纖交換、存儲器和信號處理?傳輸系統的調制格式?光纖非線性和對策?長途傳輸系統?光纖局域網?光纖傳感器和儀器該雜志為光纖技術的工程師和研究人員提供了寶貴的信息，無論是在工業界還是學術界。