EC 603 : OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION

Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme

Theory Practical
Lect. Pract Total Int. Sem End Int. Sem Grand Total
Total Total
Assess. Marks Hrs Assess. End
3 2 5 30 70 3 100 25 25 50 150

1. Overview of optical fiber communication:

Basic network information rates, the evolution of fiber optic systems, Elements of an
optical fiber transmission link, Advantages and disadvantages of optical fiber system.

2. Optical fibers: structure, wave-guide and fabrication:

The nature of light , Basic optical laws and definitions, Optical fiber modes and
configurations, Mode theory for circular wave guides, Single mode fiber, Graded index
fiber structure, Fiber material, Fiber fabrication, mechanical properties of fiber, Fiber
optics cables.

3. Signal degradation in optical fibers:

Attenuation, Signal distortion in optical wave-guides, Mode coupling Design optimization
of single mode fibers

4. Optical sources:
Topics from semiconductor physics, LEDs, LASER diodes, light source linearity.

5. Power launching and coupling:

Source to fiber power launching, Lensing scheme for coupling improvement, Fiber to
fiber joints, LED coupling to single mode fiber, Fiber splicing, optical fiber connector

6. Photodetectors:
Physical principles of photodiodes, Photo detector noise, Detector response time,
Structures of InGaAs APDs, Temperature effect on Avalanche gain, Comparison of
photo detectors.

7. Optical receiver operation:

Fundamental receiver operation, Preamplifier type.

8. Optical amplifiers:
Basic applications and types of optical amplifiers, Defination of external pumping and
amplifiers gain, Erbium doped amplifier, wave length converter.

9. Optical networks:
Basic networks, SONET/SDH

10. Digital transmission system

Point to point links, Noise effect on system performance.

11. Analog system

Multichannel transmission system

12. WDM concepts and function

Operation principles of WDM, DWDM, Passive components, Tunable sources, Tunable
filters.

13. Measurements:
Test equipment, Attenuation measurements, Dispersion measurement (only time and
frequency domain intermodal dispersion measurement, OTDR field applications (OMIT
attenuation measurement), Eye patterns, Spectral analyzer applications.

Reference Books:
1. Optical Fiber Communications By Gerd Keiser, 3rd Edition (McGraw Hill international
edition).
2. Optical fiber communications principles and practice By Jhon M Senior (PHI)