Course Catalog 2011-2012
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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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Correspondence of content

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FYS-6706 Optical Communication Systems, 4-5 cr 7200136 Optical Communication Systems, 3 cu  

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