EC 409 Optical Fiber Communication (Elective - I) : With Effect From The Academic Year 2009-10
EC 409 Optical Fiber Communication (Elective - I) : With Effect From The Academic Year 2009-10
EC 409 Optical Fiber Communication (Elective - I) : With Effect From The Academic Year 2009-10
EC 409
OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION
(ELECTIVE I)
Instruction 4 periods per week
Duration of University Exam 3 hours
University Examination 75 Marks
Sessionals 25 Marks
UNIT I
Overview of optical fiber communication: Optical fibers, Structures, Wave guiding and
fabrications, Nature of light, Basic optical laws and definitions, Modes and
configurations, Mode theory of circular waveguides, single, Multimode step index and
Graded index fibers, Fiber materials and fabrication.
UNIT II
Signal degradation in optical fibers: Attenuation, Signal distortion in optical waveguides,
Mode coupling, Design optimization of single mode couplers. Optical sources:
Semiconductors as optical Sources and their fabrication. LED and Laser diodes,
Linearity of sources, Modal, Partition and reflection noise, Power launching and
coupling.
UNIT III
Photo detectors: Physical principles of PIN and APD, Photo detector noise, detector
response time, Avalanche multiplication noise, Temperature effect on avalanche gain,
Photo diode materials.
Optical receiver operations; Fundamental receiver operation, Digital receiver
performance calculation
UNIT IV
Preamplifiers types, Analog receivers, Point to point links, Line coding, Eye pattern,
Noise effects on digital transmission system performance. Over view of analog links,
Carrier noise ratio in analog systems.
UNIT V
Multi Channel transmission techniques, Classification of coherent optical fiber systems,
Modulation techniques, polarization control requirements. WDM Application of optical
fiber in Local Area Networks, Introduction of optical amplifiers.
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