From the reviews of the third edition: OPTICS & PHOTONICS NEWS "The story of optical solitons in fibers is a wonderful example of how an abstract mathematical concept has produced a tremendous impact on real-world technology. Earlier editions of the book introduced the basic properties of optical solitons in fibers and methods of constructing all-optical transmission ... Read moresystems. This edition emphasizes practical issues related to applications in ultrahigh-speed communications, including information transfer, lightwave propagation in fibers, soliton control, the effects of higher order terms and the influence of polarization mode dispersion. Applications of solitons outside of long-distance transmission are explored. They include generation of short optical pulses, soliton switches and solitons in media having spatial periodicity in axial or in radial directions." "This is quite simply an excellent text. It is the perfect review of optical soliton effects in a fibre, providing an up-to-date commentary with particular relevance to telecommunications, but with adequate information to be applicable to any area of optical soliton physics. … sufficient referencing is provided to allow extensive follow up on any of the subtopics. I recommend it highly as an essential text to anyone with even a passing interest in optical solitons." (Prof. J. R. Taylor, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 45 (2), 2004) Show Less