InhaltsangabeIntroduction.- Semiconductor Mode-Locked Lasers as Pulse Sources for High Bit Rate Data Transmission.- Ultrafast Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers for High-Speed OTDM Transmission.- Ultrahigh-Speed LN Modulators and EA Modulators.- High-Speed Optical Signal Processing Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers.- Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Nonlinear Optical Fibers.- Ultrafast Photodetectors and Receivers.- Optical Regeneration Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and Electro-Absorption Modulators.- Otpical Fibers and Fiber Dispersion Compensators for High-Speed Optical Communication.- Fiber Gratings and Their Application to High-Speed Communication.- Higher-Order Dispersion Compensation Using Phase Modulators.- PMD-Compensation Techniques.- Application of Electro-Absorption Modulators for High-Speed Transmission Systems.- Ultrafast OTDM Transmission Using Novel Fiber Devices for Pulse Compression, Shaping and Demultiplexing.- Ultrafast Optical Technologies for Large-Capacity TDM/WDM Photonic Networks.- New Optical Device Technology for Future Ultrafast OTDM Transmission.- Optical Sampling Techniques.