Electric and Magnetic Fields and Waves Brief Overview Wave Representation Maxwell¿s Equations Maxwell Equations in Dielectric Media Current Continuity Lossless TEM Waves Maxwell¿s Equations in Time-Harmonic and Phasor Forms Plane Waves Reference Electrical Transmission Lines Model of Time-Harmonic Waves on Transmission Lines Terminated Transmission Lines Smith Chart Impedance Matching Equipment Concluding Remarks Problems/Questions on Transmission Line¿Transmission and Reflection Problems on Transmission Lines 1 Problems on Transmission Lines 2 Problems on Transmission Lines 3 Using the Smith Chart Reference Antennae Introduction Radiating Fields Antenna Figure of Merit Experiment Concluding Remarks Appendix: Metallic Waveguide Problems References Planar Optical Waveguides Introduction Formation of Planar Single-Mode Waveguide Problems Approximate Analytical Methods of Solution Design and Simulations of Planar Optical Waveguides: Experiments Appendix: Exact Analysis of Clad Linear Optical Waveguides Appendix: WKB Method, Turning Points, and Connection Formulae Problems References Three-Dimensional Optical Waveguides Introduction Marcatilli¿s Method Effective Index Method Finite Difference Numerical Techniques for 3D Waveguides Mode Modeling of Rib Waveguides Conclusions References Optical Fibers: Single- and Few-Mode Structures and Guiding Properties Optical Fibers: Circular Optical Waveguides Special Fibers Nonlinear Optical Effects Optical Fiber Manufacturing and Cabling Concluding Remarks Problems Appendix: Technical Specification of Corning Single-Mode Optical Fibers References Optical Fiber Operational Parameters Introductory Remarks Signal Attenuation in Optical Fibers Signal Distortion in Optical Fibers Advanced Optical Fibers: Dispersion-Shifted, -Flattened, and -Compensated Optical Fibers Propagation of Optical Signals in Optical Fiber Transmission Line: Split-Step Fourier Method Appendix: Program Listings for Design of Standard Single-Mode Fiber Appendix: Program Listings of the Design of Non-Zero-Dispersion-Shifted Fiber Problems References Guided Wave Optical Transmission Lines: Transfer Functions Transfer Function of Single-Mode Fibers Fiber Nonlinearity Nonlinear Fiber Transfer Functions and Application in Compensations Concluding Remarks Appendix: Program Listings of Split-Step Fourier Method (SSFM) with Nonlinear SPM Effect and Raman Gain Distribution Appendix: Program Listings of an Initialization File References Fourier Guided Wave Optics Abbreviations Introduction Background: Fourier Transformation Guided Wave Wavelet Transformer Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Nyquist Orthogonal Channels for Tbps Optical Transmission Systems Design of Optical Waveguides for Optical FFT and IFFT Concluding Remarks Appendix: AWG Specifications References Appendix: Vector Analysis Index.