Fiber Optic Communications

Professor: B.J.Maxum,Ph.D.,P.E. 

Department of Electrical Engineering

Lamar University

Text:   Gerd Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill (2000).

References:    

• John P. Powers, An Introduction to Fiber Optic Systems, 2nd ed. Irwin (1997)
• Joseph C. Palais, Fiber Optic Communication, 4th ed., Prentice (1998)
• John M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall (1992)
• Clifford R. Pollock, Fundamentals of Optoelectronics, Irwin (1995)
• Govind P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optics Communication Systems, 2nd ed., Wiley-Interscience (1997)

Objective:

            The objective of this course is to first prepare the engineer with a fundamental principles for understanding and applying optical fiber technology to modern communications systems.This course is intended to provide both a physical understanding of the underlying principles of optical components but also engineering skills to examine the performance characteristics of optical links and networks.   This course is intended to provide both a physical understanding of the underlying principles of optical componenets but also engineering skills to examine the performance characteristics of optical links and networks.

Prerequisite ;      Basic concepts of optics as presented in a freshman physics course

  Topics:

• Historical Development
• Systems Overview
• The Electromagnetic and Data-Rate spectra
• Optical Fiber Advantages over Copper
• Optical Fiber Lightguides
• Ray Theory
• Mode Theory
• Step and Graded Index Fibers
• Signal Degradation in Optical Fibers
• Attenuation and Dispersion
• Optical Sources
• Brief Review of Semiconductor Physics
• LEDs and Laser Diodes
• Power Launching and Coupling
• Numerical Aperture
• Photodetectors
• The pin and Avalanche Photodetectors
• Optical Receivers
• Digital Transmission Systems
• Link-Power and Rise-time Budgets
• Line Coding
• Noise and Chirping
• WDM Concepts
• Couplers,MultiPlexers,Filters and Faced Array Based Devices
• Optical Tunning
• Optical Networks
• Topologies(Architecture), Transmission Formats Interfaces
• Intro to Non-Linear Effects:SRS,SBS,SPM,XPM,FWM

Grading:

• Practice                                15%

• Midterm Exam                      30%

• Project Design                      20%

• Final Exam                            30%

• Course Manual                       5%

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