An intermediate fiber optics curriculum, for vocational and trade schools, industrial arts and university levels. Courses can be tailored in length from 10 to 15 weeks. Recommended prerequisites: a basic understanding of electronics and mathematics. Course includes a text for classroom or lecture, lab course containing a comprehensive series of student experiments, and lab kit with all required components.

Part One of the classroom text places fiber optics into perspective as a transmission medium and describes its advantages over other media. Part Two examines fiber sources, detectors, and connectors, in contrast to the distinctly different characteristics of their electronic counterparts. Part Three explains in detail how fiber optic systems are designed and assembled. It covers link system design, installation, special fiber optic hardware, applications and equipment.