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Optical Communications (Prerequisite: Electromagnetic Fields & Waves)

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The document outlines the syllabus for an Optical Communications course. It covers 5 units: introduction to optical fibers and their advantages; transmission characteristics and components of optical fibers; optical sources and detectors; optical fiber systems; and optical fiber measurements. The last section describes the lab experiments students will perform, including measuring fiber properties, setting up analog and digital fiber links, and studying different modulation techniques using fiber optics.

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Optical Communications (Prerequisite: Electromagnetic Fields & Waves)

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The document outlines the syllabus for an Optical Communications course. It covers 5 units: introduction to optical fibers and their advantages; transmission characteristics and components of optical fibers; optical sources and detectors; optical fiber systems; and optical fiber measurements. The last section describes the lab experiments students will perform, including measuring fiber properties, setting up analog and digital fiber links, and studying different modulation techniques using fiber optics.

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OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (Prerequisite: Electromagnetic Fields & Waves)

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UNIT I INTRODUCTION: Historical development, Elements of an Optical Fiber transmission link. Advantages of Optical Fibers, Applications of Optical Fiber, Ray Theory Transmission, Total internal reflection, Acceptance angle, Critical Angle, Numerical Aperture, Fiber types: Step Index, Graded Index: Modes of Propagation: single mode and multimode fibers, fiber materials, Fiber Fabrication (9) UNIT II TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FIBERS: Attenuation, absorption, scattering and bending losses in fibers, Dispersion: Inter-model and intra-model. FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS. splicing, connectors, connection losses, Fiber Optic couplers, Fiber Optic Switches (9) UNIT III OPTICAL SOURCES AND DETECTORS LEDS: Principles of Light Emission, Light Emitting Diodes: Simple structure and characteristics LASER: Principle, Simple structures and its characteristics. DETECTORS: Principles of photo detection. PIN Photodiode, Avalanche Photodiode and their characteristics, Noise sources (9) UNIT IV OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEMS: Optical Transmitter Circuits, Optical Receiver Circuit, Digital System planning considerations, Advanced Multiplexing Strategies, Optical power budgeting. (9) UNIT V OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS: Numerical Aperture, attenuation, refractive index, cutback and OTDR. ADVANCED OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND FIBER MEASUREMENTS: Fiber Optic LANs, FDDI, Feature Concepts, (9) TEXT BOOKS: 1. Keiser G, Optical Fiber Communication, McGraw-Hill 2.John M Senior, Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, PHI. REFERENCE BOOKS 1.J C Palais , Fiber Optic Communications, 2nd Edition, PHI 2.W. Tomasi , Advanced Electronic Communication Systems, PHI

SYLLABII FOR THIRD & FOURTH YEAR COURSE (YEAR: 2010-2014 & 2009-2013 )

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION LAB


Fiber Optics Experiments: 1. Fiber Optics Cable: Numerical Aperture Measurements 2. Measurement of Coupling and Bending Losses of a Fiber 3. Analog Link Setup using a Fiber 4. Digital Link Setup using a Fiber 5. Setup of Time Division Multiplexing using Fiber Optics 6. Characteristics of Light Sources / Detectors 7. Study of pulse amplitude modulation using fiber optics. 8. Study of pulse width modulation using fiber optics 9.Study of Pulse Position Modulation using Fiber optics

SYLLABII FOR THIRD & FOURTH YEAR COURSE (YEAR: 2010-2014 & 2009-2013 )

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