Syllabus - Optical Fibre Communication (EC801)

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Optical Fibre Communication (EC801)

VIII

Unit 1

Introduction to vector nature of light, propagation of light, propagation of light in a cylindrical dielectric rod, Ray model, wave model. Different types of optical fibers, Modal analysis of fiber. Optical fibres : Structure & wave guiding fundamentals, basic optical laws.

Unit 2

Signal degradation in Optical Fibre : Signal degradation on optical fiber due to dispersion and attenuation, intermodal and intramodal dispersion, Fabrication of fibers and measurement techniques like OTDR

Unit 3

Optical sources and detectors: LEDs, LASER diodes, Basic concepts of optical Sourcesvarious laser and LED structures, Optical detectors: basic principle of photo detection, PIN and avalanche photo diode, phototransistor, photo detector noise, detector response time.

Unit 4

Optical transceivers; Direct detection and coherent receivers, noise in detection process, digital receiver performance calculation, BER, System design, power budgeting, rise time budgeting; fibre joints, and splicing techniques, Optical fibre connectors.

Unit 5

Optical networks and amplifiers- Optical networks : Topologies, networks SONET and SDH. Optical amplifiers - EDFA, Raman amplifier, and WDM systemsPassive Optical Networks.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Senior J.M., Optical Fibre Communications: Principles & Practice, 2nd ed. 2001,PHI.

  • Agrawal Govind P., Fibre Optic Communication Systems, 5th ed. 2001, John Wiley & Sons, studentsed.

  • Black Uyless, Optical Networks and 3rd Genration Transport Systems, 3rd ed. 1998,Pearson.

  • Keiser G, Optical Fibre Communication, 5th ed. 2006, McGrawHill.

  • Mynbanv and Scheiner, Fibre Optic Communication Technology, 2nd ed 2010, PearsonEdu.

  • Djfar K Mynbaev &Scheiner, Fibre Optic Communication Technology, 5th ed. 2005,Pearson