Transcript EE 5551
EE 5551 Fiber Optic Communications Fall 2008, Sun Tue Thr 1:00-2:00 pm EE343 Instructor: Yazan A Alqudah Office Location EE446 Phone: Ext 339332 EE 5551 • An introductory Course to Fiber Optic Communications • Gain general knowledge about the technology • Why fiber optics • What the pieces are • Have essential understanding about components important to optical networking • Characteristics • Working principle • Prepare for further in depth exploration and design EE 5551 Course Goal: • Familiar with basic concepts (carrier frequency, bandwidth, bit rate-distance, etc) and terminologies (DWDM, EDFA, etc) used in fiber optic communications technology • Develop a general understanding of basic analog and digital signal sampling, transmission and receiving in communications • Understanding the origin of loss and causes of various dispersion in optical fibers • Understanding basic dielectric waveguides theory • Develop an essential understanding of operation principles of fiber optic components( light sources, light detectors, light amplifier, modulators, and filters, etc) • Familiarity with the trend and design consideration of fiber optic networks Prerequisite • Basic geometric optics, reflection, refraction and interference • Continuous-time linear systems • Solid state devices: principle of semiconductor p-n junctions, forward and inverse bias and light emitting process Resources Text Book • Optical Fiber Communications, Gerd Keiser, 3th edition. McGraw-Hill Recommended References • Fiber-Optic Communications Systems, Govind P. Agrawal, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. • Fiber Optic Communications, Joseph C. Palais, 5th ed., Pearson Prentice Hall. • Optics, Eugene Hecht, 3rd ed., Addision-Wesley 1998 Course Contents • Introduction to fiber optics • Light propagation in optical waveguide • Critical components in optic fiber communications • Fiber optic networks Part I: Introduction to Fiber Optic Communications • Objectives: – Describe in general the evolution of optical networks – Describe the operating principles of fiber optic systems; identify the capabilities and limitations – Get to know the system components such as laser, detectors, amplifiers, multiplexers, demultiplexers, and describe how they are used – Familiar with bandwidth, bit rate, fiber loss, and understanding sampling Contents covered – Development of fiber optics – Bandwidth and data transmission speed – Review basic geometrical optics Part II: Light propagation in optical waveguides • Learning objectives: – Describe various types of optical fibers – Explain fiber dispersion, attenuation and other properties – Explain the key features of optical fiber, which make them suited for long distance high speed communications – Explain how physical effects inside optical fiber can limit communications speeds and distances • Contents to be covered – – – – Analysis of light propagation in optical fiber Fiber applications and types Fiber attenuation, dispersion and nonlinear effects Optic fiber manufacturing Part IIIa. Critical Components: Transmitters and Receivers • Learning objectives – Discuss light sources for fiber optic systems – Explain fiber optic transmitters – Explain fiber optic receivers and receiver sensitivity • Contents to cover – Light sources: LEDs and lasers – Transmitters – Receivers and detectors Part IIIb. Critical Components: Passive Components • Learning objectives – – – – – Describe couplers and how they work Discuss planar waveguides Explain wavelength division multiplexers Describe optical isolators Explain dispersion compensators • Contents to cover – – – – – Couplers and taps Planar waveguides Attenuators and filters Wavelength-division multiplexers Other passive components Part IIIc. Critical Components: Active Components • Learning objectives: – Understand operation principle of various active components: Modulators, switches, wavelength converters – Understand function and impact of fiber amplifiers • Contents – – – – – Repeaters and regenerators Modulators Optical switches Wavelength converters Optical amplifiers Fiber Optic Network • Learning objectives – Explain how optical networks are evolving towards higher information rates, functionality, switch connectivity, metropolitan and local areas • Contents to cover – Multiplexing technique, wavelength and time division – Fiber optic network architecture – Current trends in fiber optic networks Grading Policy Homework, Quizzes ( in class, announced and unannounced), and attendance 10% Two in-class midterm exams 50% (25% each) Final exam 40%