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This document outlines the units of study for an Optical Communications course. The 8 units cover topics including: the history and basics of optical fibers; fiber materials and properties; attenuation factors; dispersion; fiber alignment and connections; light sources such as LEDs and lasers; power launching and coupling; photo detectors; digital and analog transmission links; and wavelength division multiplexing components. Recommended textbooks are provided.

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Optical Communications

This document outlines the units of study for an Optical Communications course. The 8 units cover topics including: the history and basics of optical fibers; fiber materials and properties; attenuation factors; dispersion; fiber alignment and connections; light sources such as LEDs and lasers; power launching and coupling; photo detectors; digital and analog transmission links; and wavelength division multiplexing components. Recommended textbooks are provided.

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Electronics and Communication Engineering

(9A04702) OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS


B.Tech IV-I Sem. (E.C.E.)
UNIT-I
Introduction and Optical fiber waveguides: Historical Development, The General System, Advantages of
Optical Fiber Communications, Ray Theory transmission, Electromagnetic mode theory for Optical
Propagation, Cylindrical Fiber.
UNIT-II
Single mode fibers, Fiber Materials - Fiber Fabrication, Mechanical Properties of Fibers, Fiber Optic
Cables.
UNIT-III
Attenuation, Material Absorption Losses in Silica Glass Fibers, Linear Scattering Losses, Fiber Bend
Loss, Dispersion, Chromatic dispersion, Intermodal dispersion, Overall fiber dispersion, Polarization.
UNIT-IV
Fiber alignment and joint loss, Fiber Splices, Fiber Connectors, Fiber Couplers, Optical Isolators and
Circulators.
UNIT-V
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs): LED Structures, Light Source Materials, Quantum efficiency and LED
Power, Modulation of LED. LASER Diodes- Laser Diode Modes and Threshold Conditions, Laser Diode
Rate Equations, External Quantum Efficiencies, Resonant Frequencies.
UNIT-VI
Power launching and Coupling - Source to Fiber Power Launching, Lensing schemes for Coupling
Improvement, fiber-to-fiber Joints, LED coupling tot single mode fibers, Fiber Splicing, Optical fiber
connectors. Photo Detectors Physical principles of photo diodes, photo detector noise, detector
response time, avalanche multiplication noise, structures for InGaAs APDs, temperature effect on
avalanche gain, comparisons of photo detectors.
UNIT-VII
Digital Links: Point to point links, power penalties, error control. Analog links: Over-view of analog
links, carrier to noise ratio, multichannel transmission techniques, RF over fiber, radio over fiber
links.
UNIT-VIII
WDM Concepts and components: Over-view, Passive optical couplers, Isolators & circulators, Fiber
grating filters, dielectric thin film filters, Phased array based devices, Diffraction gratings, Active optical
components, tunable light sources.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Optical fiber communications- Gerd keiser, McGraw Hill International Edition, 4 th Edition, 2010.
2. Optical fiber communications-John M. Senior, PHI, 3 Edition, 2010.
REFERENCES:
1. Principles and Applications of Optical Communications, Max Ming-Kang Liu, TMH, 2010.
2. Text book on optical fiber communication and its applications- S.C.Gupta, PHI, 2005.
3. Fundamentals of Optical Fiber communications, Satish Kumar, PHI, 2009.

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