Index

A

Absorption coefficient, 221

Acceptance angle, 47–49

Acceptor level, 155

AGC, 211

Airy disk, 94–95

Alpha particles, 138–39

Ampere’s law, 15

Amplitude division, 74–77

Amplitude modulator, 113

Analog modulation, 208

Anamorphic prism, 292

Anti-reflecting film, 80–82, 218

APC, 176, 200

Astigmatic lens, 295

Astigmatism, 175

A-to-D conversion, 301

Avalanche photodiode (APD):

construction, 237–39

impact ionization process in, 237–39

multiplication factor, 238–39

B

Balmer, Johann, 11, 141–42

Balmer series, 142–43

Bandgap, 216–18, 153–56

Bandpass filter, 83–85

Bandwidth, 53, 60–61, 263–65, 274–76

Base current, 239–42

BCD, 198–99

Bell, Alexander Graham, 9

BER, 209, 299

Big bang theory, 127

Binary code, 207–09

Biphase-Mark code, 208

Birefringence, ...

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