Acknowledgements
For preparing this textbook on Fiber Optic Communications, I am extremely grateful
to the numerous people worldwide with whom I had countless discussions over the
years and who helped me in many different ways. The list of these people is too long
to include here, but I truly appreciate their help. In addition, I would like to thank
Loyola D’Silva of Springer for his assistance and expert guidance, together with the
other editorial and production team members of Springer, to produce the book. As
a final personal note, I am grateful to my wife Ching-Yun and my family members
Nishla, Keith, Kai, and Neyla for their patience and encouragement during the time
I devoted to writing this book.
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