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Introduction, historical perspective. |
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Basic optical principles, optical fibers and waveguides, practical issues of fiber design and fabrication. There will be a detailed discussion of both the ray and wave theory of planar slab and cylindrical waveguides. Multimode and single-mode fibers, V-number. |
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Attenuation and dispersion in fibers. Modal, material, waveguide and polarization mode dispersion. Calculation of waveguide dispersion curves. Effects of dispersion on pulse broadening and maximum bit-rate. Solitons and dispersion management. |
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Optical sources, lasers and LEDs. A discussion of device physics, brightness, spectral properties. Optical amplifiers, saturation and noise. Residual intensity noise of optical sources. Gaussian beams. |
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Coupling to fibers, connectors. Gaussian beam models of coupling. |
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Photodectors. Device physics of PMTs, APDs, and p-i-n photodiodes. Quantum efficiency and responsivity. |
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Optical receivers, noise, errors. Calculation of NEP and D*, brandwidth, bit-error-rate. |
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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Digital optical communication links, coding. |
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Analog systems, coherent detection. |
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WDM, DWDM, multiplexers, filters, Bragg gratings, Fabry-perot filters. |
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Optical Amplifiers. Device physics, performance and applications. |
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Optical Networks, SONET/SDH, nonlinear effects, Network topologies, wavelength conversion, switches. |
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Preparation for Final exam |
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Preparation for Final exam |
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FINAL EXAM |
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FINAL EXAM |
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