Syllabus Of OPTICAL COMMUNICATION (EC-802)
UNIT-I
Introduction: Block diagram of optical fiber communication system, Advantages of optical communication, Structure of optical wave guide light propagation in optical fiber, Ray & Wave theory, Modes in optical fiber: Step and graded fibers. 8
UNIT-II
Transmission characteristics of optical fibers: Attenuation, Intermodal and intermodal dispersion, Polarizations maintaining fibers. 8
UNIT-III
Optical sources & components: Fabrication & characteristics of semiconductors, lasers and LEDs, Fiber Splicer, Fiber connector, Fiber couplers, Multiplexers, Tunable Filters. 8
UNIT-IV
Optical detectors: Requirements for photo detectors, photo detectors, Characteristics of photo detectors, Principle of APD and Pin Diodes, Noise in photo detectors, Photo transistor and Photo conductors. 8
UNIT-V
Optical fiber communication system: The optical transmitter circuits, the optical receiver circuits, Modulation and Demodulation format. 8
References:
1. G.Keiser, Optical fiber Communication, Mc Graw Hill, 2002.
2. J.M.Senior, Optical fiber Communication, PHI, 2003.
3. F.D.K.Mynlave, LL Schein, Fiber Optic Communication Technology, Pearson Edition, 2001
