Syllabus

Course Code: OE Elective-II OE-CS-405    Course Name: Fiber Optic Communications

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 INTRODUCTION : Optical Fibers: Structure, Propagation within the fiber, Numerical aperture of fiber, acceptance angle, step index and graded index fiber, Modes of propagation in the fiber, Single mode and multi mode fibers. Splices and connectors. Optical Power Launching and Coupling. Fiber-to-fiber joints.
2 LOSSES IN OPTICAL FIBER : Attenuation, Absorption Losses, Scattering Losses, Leaky modes, Mode coupling losses, Bending Losses, Combined Losses in the fiber.
DISPERSION EFFECT : Effect of dispersion on the pulse transmission Intermodal dispersion, Material dispersion, Wave guide dispersion, Polarization Mode Dispersion, Total dispersion, Transmission rate. Dispersion Shifted Fibers, Dispersion Compensating Fibers.
3 LIGHT SOURCES : LEDS, Laser Action in semiconductor Lasers, Semiconductor Lasers for optical communication – Laser modes, Spectral Characteristics, Power Voltage Characteristics, Frequency response.
DETECTORS : P-I-N Photodiode, APD, Noise Analysis in detectors, Coherent and noncoherent detection, Infrared sensors. Bit error rate.
4 The fiber-optic Communication System: Design considerations of fiber optic systems: Analog and digital modulation. Optical Devices: Optical coupler, space switches, linear divider-combiners, WDM: strategy, wavelength division multiplexer and demultiplexer, optical amplifier
OPTICAL NETWORKS: Elements and Architecture of Fiber-Optic Network, Optical link network-single hop, multihop, hybrid and photonic networks.
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