Optical

Transmitter & Receiver

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Why Fiber Optic Communication

?

Revolutionized the telecommunications industry

Greater distances can be achieved
Lower losses
Higher data rates
Applications ranging from major telecommunications
backbone infrastructure to Ethernet systems, broadband
distribution, and general data networking.

Fiber Optic Quick Review !

How do we represent information

using Light?

Basic Optical Transmission

System

Typical Functions in Optical

System

Transmitter

Important Transmitter
Specifications

Types of Laser & LED Driver

Laser Drive Circuits

Automatic Power Control of

Laser

Light Emitting Diode - LED

Characteristics of LED

Complete Optical Transmitter

Receiver

Important Receiver
Specifications

Receiver Fundamentals

Photodiode or Photo Detectors

A photodetector converts the optical signal to a photocurrent that
is then electronically amplified (front-end amplifier)
Photodetectors used in optical transmission systems are
semiconductor photodiodes
Operation is essentially reverse of a semiconductor optical
amplifier
- junction is reverse biased
- in absence of optical signal only a small minority carrier
current is flowing (dark current)

Noise Sources

Complete Optical Receiver

Very
Complex
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Sample Transmitters &

Receivers