Ec8751 Optical Communication

C.
Thiruvengadam AAMEC Associate Professor

Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College, Kovilvenni
Affiliated to Anna University:: Chennai.
Department of Electronics and Communication
Regulation 2017
Syllabus
Subject Code and Name : EC8751 OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
Year: Final Year L T P C

3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
 To study about the various optical fiber modes, configuration and transmission characteristics of optical
fibers.
 To learn about the various optical sources, detectors and transmission techniques
 To explore various idea about optical fiber measurements and various coupling techniques
 To enrich the knowledge about optical communication systems and networks
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL FIBERS
Introduction-general optical fiber communication system- basic optical laws and definitions optical modes and
configurations -mode analysis for optical propagation through fibers modes in planar wave guide-modes in
cylindrical optical fiber-transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes- fiber materials-fiber fabrication
techniques-fiber optic cables classification of optical fiber- single mode fiber-graded index fiber.
UNIT II TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTIC OF OPTICAL FIBER

Attenuation-absorption –scattering losses-bending losses-core and cladding losses-signal dispersion –inter
symbol interference and bandwidth-intra model dispersion-material dispersion- waveguide dispersion-
polarization mode dispersion-intermodal dispersion dispersion optimization of single mode fiber-characteristics
of single mode fiber-R-I Profile cutoff wave length-dispersion calculation-mode field diameter.
UNIT III OPTICAL SOURCES AND DETECTORS

Sources: Intrinsic and extrinsic material-direct and indirect band gaps-LED-LED structures surface emitting
LED-Edge emitting LED-quantum efficiency and LED power-light source materials-modulation of LED-
LASER diodes-modes and threshold conditions-Rate equations-external quantum efficiency-resonant
frequencies-structures and radiation patterns-single mode laser-external modulation-temperature effort.
Detectors: PIN photo detector-Avalanche photo diodes-Photo detector noise-noise sources-SNR-detector
response time-Avalanche multiplication noise-temperature effects comparisons of photo detectors.
UNIT IV OPTICAL RECEIVER, MEASUREMENTS AND COUPLING

Fundamental receiver operation-preamplifiers-digital signal transmission-error sources-Front end amplifiers-
digital receiver performance-probability of error-receiver sensitivity-quantum limit. Optical power
C.Thiruvengadam AAMEC Associate Professor
measurement-attenuation measurement-dispersion measurement- Fiber Numerical Aperture Measurements-
Fiber cutoff Wave length Measurements- Fiber diameter measurements-Source to Fiber Power Launching-
Lensing Schemes for Coupling Management-Fiber to Fiber Joints-LED Coupling to Single Mode Fibers-Fiber
Splicing ,Optical Fiber connectors.
UNIT V OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS

System design consideration Point – to –Point link design –Link power budget –rise time budget, WDM –
Passive DWDM Components-Elements of optical networks-SONET/SDH Optical Interfaces-SONET/SDH
Rings and Networks-High speed light wave Links-OADM configuration-Optical ETHERNET-Soliton.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
 Realize basic elements in optical fibers, different modes and configurations.
 Analyze the transmission characteristics associated with dispersion and polarization techniques.
 Design optical sources and detectors with their use in optical communication system.
 Construct fiber optic receiver systems, measurements and coupling techniques.
 Design optical communication systems and its networks.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. P Chakrabarti, "Optical Fiber Communication‖, McGraw Hill Education (India)Private

Limited, 2016 (UNIT I, II, III)
2. Gred Keiser,"Optical Fiber Communication‖, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited. Fifth Edition,
Reprint 2013. (UNIT I, IV, V)
REFERENCES:
1. John M.Senior, ―Optical fiber communication‖, Pearson Education, second edition.2007.

2. Rajiv Ramaswami, ―Optical Networks ― , Second Edition, Elsevier , 2004.
3. J.Gower, ―Optical Communication System‖, Prentice Hall of India, 2001.
4. Govind P. Agrawal, ―Fiber-optic communication systems‖, third edition, John Wiley
& sons, 2004.

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Thiruvengadam AAMEC Associate Professor

Subject Code and Name : EC8751 OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

Year: Final Year L T P C

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL FIBERS

UNIT II TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTIC OF OPTICAL FIBER

UNIT III OPTICAL SOURCES AND DETECTORS

UNIT IV OPTICAL RECEIVER, MEASUREMENTS AND COUPLING

UNIT V OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS

1. P Chakrabarti, "Optical Fiber Communication‖, McGraw Hill Education (India)Private

1. John M.Senior, ―Optical fiber communication‖, Pearson Education, second edition.2007.

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