EE-409 Fiber Optic Communications

Course Instructor: Dr. S. M. Sajid

Course Outline

Optical Communications: Nature of Light and light propagation; Ray properties in fibers; Optical devices and components; Optical Sources: LEDs and laser diodes; Optical receivers: APDs and pin diodes; Optical attenuators; Splitters and couplers; optical isolators and circulators; optical filters; Fiber Bragg Gratings.

Optical Fiber Technology Fiber characteristics: attenuation and dispersion; Chromatic dispersion and pulse broadening; Optical amplification and signal re-shaping; Fiber Optic Link Engineering; Out side Plant Considerations; System Availability; Fiber in the Local Loop.

Optical Networks: Optical switches; Optical routers; WDM and DWDM networks; Access Networks and Optical Networking; Optical Wireless Communications and its role in the next generation optical networks.

Course Objective

To familiarize the students with various engineering design aspects of optical communications and the optical fiber technology. To provide a detailed understanding of optical sources, optical receivers and components. The students would also work through the link budget analysis of optical fibers and would be introduced to optical networks including the WDM and DWDM networks.

Reference Texts

Roger L. Freeman, “Fiber Optic Systems for Telecommunications”, Wiley Series

John M. Senior “Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice”, Prentice Hall

Additional Reading

J.R. Dutton “Understanding Optical Communications”, Prentice Hall

Govind P. Agrawal, “Lightwave Technology: Telecommunication Systems”, John Wiley and Sons.

Rajiv Ramaswami, Kumar N. Sivirajan “Optical Networks: a practical prespective”, Elesevier.

Grading Policy  Quizzes & Assignments: 20 % Midterms: 30 % Final exam: 50 %