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Course Catalog 2011-2012
FYS-6706 Optical Communication Systems, 4-5 cr |
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Mircea Guina, Ville-Markus Korpijärvi, Kimmo Haring
Requirements
Exercises and exam, 4 cr. Optional project/presentation extends course to 5 cr.
Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
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Learning outcomes
Understanding the basic principles of optical communications systems: active and passive components, propagation in optical fibers, fiber amplifiers, receiver principles, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), time division multiplexing, design of analogue and digital point-to-point links.
Evaluation criteria for the course
The exam and exercises comprise the total grade. Weight of the exam is 80% and the exercises 20%.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | Fiber-optic Communication Systems (Third Edition) | Govind P. Agrawal | 0-471-21571-6 | English | |||
| Book | Optical Networks. A practical perspective.Thisrd edition | Rajiv Ramaswami | 978-0-12-374092-2 90000 | 2nd edition is also valid but the numbering of pages might be different. | English |
Additional information about prerequisites
No compulsory course pre-requirements. Existing knowledge on lasers, optics and wave propagation can help understand some of the concepts introduced on the course.
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