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Course Catalog 2012-2013
FYS-6706 Optical Communication Systems, 4 cr
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Description:
This course is devoted to learning the main concepts supporting the operation of an optical communications system. It begins with a review of the characteristics of transmitters, optical fibers, passive components, amplifiers, and receivers used in optical communications. The aim of this part of the course is to provide a good understanding of the interplay between the features of various optical components used and the quality of transmission. Once the components level is clarified the lectures will focus on system design issues. Detailed topics included: review of lightwave propagation in optical fibers, dispersion and nonlinear effects, attenuation characteristics, modulation properties of light emitting diodes and laser diodes, advanced sources of short optical pulses, optical amplifiers, receiver design, noise in PIN photodiodes and avalanche photodiodes, techniques to measure the quality of transmission, design of analogue and digital point-to-point links, modulation formats, wavelength division multiplexing, time division multiplexing. The basic part of the course, containing lectures, exercises and the exam, is worth 4 credit points. The course can be supplemented with an optional seminar worth 1 extra credit point.
Person responsible:
Mircea Guina
Ville-Markus Korpijärvi
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Methods of instruction:
Contact teaching: 50 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Proportion of a student´s independent study: 50 %