This book offers comprehensive coverage of the optimum design of a wide range of fiber optic systems. The author avoids complex mathematics and derivations, but offers the equations necessary to eloquently describe fiber optic components and systems. Readability is enhanced through excellent figures, diagrams and graphs. One of the more important features of this book is excellent coverage of a wide variety of applications including military and space, commercial and industrial systems, communications and telecommunications systems, medical and scientific applications, and industrial sensors. The book is written in language for easy comprehension by students and entry level engineers and contains numerical data to demonstrate the unique performance capabilities of fiber optic based components and systems widely used in scientific and industrial research.