Semiconductor Physics, Electromagnetic, Mode theory of waveguide
To introduce the students to various optical fiber modes, configurations and various signal
degradation factors associated with optical fiber and to study about various optical sources and optical
detectors and their use in the optical communication system, optical amplifiers, fiber network elements,
basic optical components, and techniques of fiber optic measurement.
1. To comprehend the basic elements of optical fiber transmission link, fiber modes and structure
configurations.
2. To visualize the significance of the different kind of losses, signal distortion in optical wave guides
, signal degradation factors and dispersion management techniques in optical system performance.
3. To compare the various optical source materials, LED structures, quantum efficiency as well as
structures and figure of merit of Laser diodes.
4. To analyze the fiber optil receiver operation and configuration.
5. To analyze and integrate fiber optical network components in variety of networking schemes,
SONET/ SDH and operational principles WDM.
6. To analyze the system performance of optical transmitters,,receivers and optical amplifiers.
7. To analyze and deign optical fiber link with encapsulation of different system components.
8. To be familiar with different optical Components like Optical couplers, Tunable sources and Filters
,optical MUX/DEMUX, Arrayed waveguide grating, optical add drop multiplexer (OADM), optical
cirulators, attenuators, optical cross connects, wavelength converter, Mach-Zender Interferometer.
9. To understand various Fiber Optical Measurement instruments such as OTDR.