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EE 474
Title:
INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS
Credits: 3
Catalog
Description:
Optical fiber waveguides. Transmission characteristics of
optical fibers. Optical fibers, cables and connections. Optical fiber
measurements. Optical sources: Laser, LED. Optical detectors. Receiver
noise considerations. Optical fiber systems.
Prerequisite:
EE 373.
Coordinator:
Kerem Harmancı, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Goals: To
introduce the basic principles of optical fiber communications systems.
To provide the student with a basic physical understanding of lightwave
systems.
Learning
Objectives:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
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Design
simple optical fiber communication
systems.
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Read
and understand constantly emerging
technical literature about the subject.
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Recognize
the practical implications of new devices
as the subject evolves.
Textbook:
“Fiber-Optic Communication Systems”. Govind P. Agrawal. John
Wiley & Sons Second Edition 1992.
Reference
Texts:
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“Optical
Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice”. John M. Senior.
Prentice-Hall, International Series in Optoelectronics. Second
Edition. 1992.
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“Principles
of Lightwave Communications”, Göran Einarsson, John Wiley, 1996
Prerequisites
by Topic:
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Basic differential
and integral calculus
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Introductory
communication systems
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Basic knowledge of
electronic devices
Topics:
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Introduction, historical perspective
(1 week)
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Propagation in fibers (2 weeks)
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Attenuation in fibers and nonlinear
effects (1/2 week)
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Optical sources: Laser, semiconductor
laser, LED ( 2 weeks)
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Optical receivers (2 weeks)
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Optical detection theory (1 week)
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Receiver noise characteristics and
receiver design ( 1/2 week)
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Optical fiber communication system design
(1 week)
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Introduction to high speed optical
networks: WDM/TDM examples. (1 week)
Course
Structure: The class meets for three hours a week, each consisting
of 50-minute sessions. 9 sets of homework problems are assigned.
There are two mid-term exams and a final exam.
Computer
Resources: None.
Laboratory
Resources: None.
Grading:
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Two
mid-term exams (25% each).
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A final
exam (50%).
Outcome
Coverage:
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Apply
math, science and engineering knowledge.
This course is mostly about
linear circuits analysis both in AC and DC steady state and
during state transition.
Different
tools from mathematics (differential and integral calculus, complex
variables) as well as from sciences (physics) heavily drawn upon during
lectures, homework sets and exams.
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Design
a system, component or process to meet desired needs. Designing an
amplifier or a circuit performing an analog signal processing operation
using the operational amplifier have been discussed in class and related
problems assigned in homework sets.
Prepared By:
Kerem Harmancı
Last
Revised:
May 12, 2003
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