Gerd Keiser

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Keiser, Gerd,
Optical communications essentials / Gerd Keiser.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-07-141204-2 (alk. paper)
1. Optical communications. I. Title.

TK5103.59.K42 2003
621.382'7 dc21 2003051171

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ISBN 0-07-141204-2

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