MODULE 1: OPTICAL FIBRES: STRUCTURES WAVE GUIDING AND FABRICATION: Optical laws and definitions, Optical fiber modes and configurations, Mode theory for circular wave guides, Single-mode fibers, Grade index fiber structure, Attenuation, Signal dispersion in fibers. (8 Hours)
MODULE 2: OPTICAL SOURCES AND : LEDs, Lasers, Principle of emission, Modes of resonant cavity, Q-switching, Mode locking, Gas, solid state, semiconductor and liquid lasers. (8 Hours)
MODULE 3: PHOTODETECTORS: Photo detector noise, Detector response time, Avalanche multiplication noise, PIN diodes. (6 Hours)
MODULE 4: POWER LAUNCHING AND COUPLING: Source to fiber power launching, Lensing schemes for coupling improvement, Fiber to fiber joints, LED coupling to single mode fibers, Fiber splicing, Optical fiber connectors. (8 Hours)
MODULE 5: FIBER OPTIC SENSORS: Intensity modulated sensors, Phase modulated sensors, Frequency modulated sensors, Wavelength modulated sensors, Polarisation modulated sensors, Scattering loss modulated sensors. (10 Hours)

To familiarize with optical fiber and measurement of different physical variables using it.

To impart knowledge to students on the principles of optical instrumentation, their working, and applications in different fields.

To provide an understanding of the different optical instruments and their functions, and how they are used in various fields, such as telecommunications, navigation, defense, and medical imaging.

To learn to design and analyze optical devices and systems.

After the completion of the course, the students will be able to:

CO1: Understand the fundamental principles of optical instrumentation sources, detectors and coupling.
CO2: Analyze and design different types of optical instruments and systems.
CO3: Explain different optical components such as lenses, filters, and gratings, their functions and applications.
CO4: Understand the working of different kinds of optical detectors and sensors for the measurement of different variables like displacement, force, strain, vibration, temperature, pressure etc.
CO5: Analyze the performance of optical instruments using the appropriate techniques.

G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw Hill International Edition, 2017

John M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice, Pearson Education, 2014

J. Gowar, Optical Communication Systems, Prentice Hall of India,2015

B. Culshaw, Optical Fiber Sensing and Signal Processing, Peter Peregrinus Ltd, 2014