Publisher's Note Better understand the underlying theory, commercial applications, necessary design criteria, and future direction of distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode technology with this clearly written book. You gain a comprehensive description of the various effects that determine DFB laser diode behavior; learn efficient modeling approaches; and understand important DFB laser performance aspects and critical guidelines for DFB laser diode design. The book also highlights key fabrication and packaging techniques, and even looks ahead to future DFB laser devices and their use in emerging, high-capacity. optical transmission systems