Syllabus

Introduction to optical communication: Characteristics of optical transmission media, optical fibers- preparation and transmission characteristics, loss and dispersion mechanisms Optical sources: principles of operation, modulation characteristics and driver circuits, LED, laser diodes, light source linearity, modal, and partition and reflection noise Power Launching and Coupling: Source to fiber power launching, lensing schemes for coupling improvement, fiber to fiber joints, couplers, multiplexers and splices Photo detectors: principles of operation, circuits and performance, preamplifiers and post-detection amplifiers Optical Fiber systems: intensity modulation/direct detection system, link budget using direct detection, coherent system, wavelength converters, coherent and WDM systems, Photonic switching. RWA: Different Wavelength Assignment (WA) Techniques. Different Quality Estimation Technique.

Explain different properties of optical fiber.

Link budget calculation of optical fiber communication.

Different techniques for Quality estimation of optical fiber communication.

1. Analyses the performance of both digital and analogue optical fiber systems,
2. Calculates the system bandwidth, noise, probability of error and maximum usable bit rate of a digital fiber system.
3. Calculates the system link loss, distortion and dynamic range of an RF photonic link.

Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw Hill , 2008

John M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice, PHI , 2008

Jones, William B. Jones, Introduction to Optical Fiber Communications Systems, Oxford University Press , 1995

A. J. Rogers, Understanding Optical Fiber Communications, , Artech House , 2001