Catalog Description Given data rates, distance, reliability or bit error rates, the information required to specify the type of fiber, the source, the wave length, type of modulation, repeater or optical amplifiers and detectors will be presented.

Prerequisite: ECEN 3400, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Textbook: Palais, Joseph, Optical Fiber Communications, 5th Ed., 2005.

Goals: The goal of this course is to present the information required to design optical communications systems. These are the major systems for transmitting voice, data, and video over long distances. This subject is important for many telecommunications students and a significant fraction of electrical engineering students.

Topics:

Introduction and some history of lasers and optical fiber systems
A review of electromagnetic theory and the approximations that apply to the optical part of the spectrum
Ray theory and ABCD matrices applied to lens and cavities
Optical Wave guides
1. slab waveguides
2. cylindrical waveguides
Connectors and couplers
Optical sources
1. LED's
2. lasers
Detectors
1. PIN diodes
2. APO
3. signal and noise (BER)
4. optical amplifiers
Modulation (AM, FM, TOMA, WOM)
System design

Class schedule: 3 hours of lecture per week

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:

Relationship of course to program outcomes: This course is not required and is not included in outcomes assessment.

Prepared by:F.S. Barnes
DATE: November 2, 2007