25875: Fiber Optics Communications
Course Name: Fiber Optics Communications
Course Number: 25875
Prerequisite(s): 25762 (Electromagnetic Fields and Waves)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Last Revision: Summer 2019
Description:
Syllabus:
References:
Course Number: 25875
Prerequisite(s): 25762 (Electromagnetic Fields and Waves)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Last Revision: Summer 2019
Description:
This course is an introduction to optical communication systems and links. For this purpose, in this course, students will first get to know the basic principles of light transmission in optical fiber and how the devices used in optical networks work. Then the issues related to the performance and design of optical communication systems and links will be described.
Syllabus:
- Introduction: Overview of optical communication links and networks
- Optical Fibers: Different types of optical fibers, Modes, Dispersion and Nonlinearities
- Optical Sources: Light emitting diodes, Semiconductor lasers
- Optical Modulators: Introduction to important types of modulators and their principles
- Other Optical Components: Amplifiers, Switches, Isolators, (de)multiplexers, Gratings, Couplers
- Receivers: Photodetectors and their properties
- Optical Communication Links: Receiver noise, Eye diagram, bit error rates, sensitivities, Direct vs. coherent detection, Modulation formats
- Optical Communication Networks: Lightwave systems, WDM, Loss/gain and dispersion limitations, Rise time and power budgets, Network topologies, Wavelength routing and assignment, Network hierarchies and protocols
References:
- G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, 4th ed., Wiley, 2012
- R. Ramaswami, K. N. Sivarajan, G. H. Sasaki. Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective, 3rd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2009
Last Update: 2024-06-09