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Course Description
Physics of optical communication components and
applications to communication systems. Topics include fiber attenuation and
dispersion, laser modulation, photo detection and noise, receiver design, bit
error rate calculations, and coherent communications. Graduate-level
requirements include additional homework and a term paper.
Instructor
Dr. Ivan B. Djordjevic, Assistant Professor
Office: ECE 422B
Phone: (520) 621-5119
Email: ivan@ece.arizona.edu
Web: http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~ivan
Textbook
G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, Third Ed., John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., 2002.
References:
R. Ramaswami and K. Sivarajan, Optical
Networks: A Practical Perspective, 2nd
Ed., Morgan Kaufman, 2002.
M. Cvijetic, Optical Transmission Systems Engineering, Artech House, Inc., 2004.
G. Keiser,
Optical Fiber Communications,
Third Ed., McGraw Hill, 2000.
Office Hours
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Wednesday and
Friday
Prerequisites
SIE 305, ECE 340, ECE 352, ECE 381; Concurrent
registration: ECE 431.
Homeworks and project
About seven homeworks will be given. Graduate
students will be given additional homework problems. One project will be
given, graduate students will have an additional task to solve.
Exams
No makeup exams will be offered. If
you miss an exam (due to legitimate, unavoidable circumstances), the score for
that exam will be 90% of the average of your two other exams.
Final Exam
Scheduled for
May 11, 2007, 11:00
a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Grading
| Homework |
10% |
| Project |
20% |
| Exam #1 |
20% |
| Exam #2 |
20% |
| Final Exam |
30% |
Tentative Course Outline
The first 8
chapters of textbook will be covered, with some additional material.
·
Introduction
·
Optical Fibers
-
Geometrical-Optics Description
-
Wave Propagation
-
Chromatic Dispersion
- Polarization Mode Dispersion
-
Dispersion-Induced Limitations
-
Fiber Losses
-
Nonlinear Optical Effects
·
Optical Transmitters
-
Light-Emitting Diodes
-
Semiconductor Lasers
-
Control of Longitudinal Modes
-
Laser Characteristics
-
Transmitter Design
·
Optical Receivers
- Common Photodetectors
-
Receiver Design
-
Receiver Noise
-
Receiver Sensitivity
-
Sensitivity Degradation
-
Receiver Performance
·
Optical Amplifiers
- Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
-
Raman Amplifiers
-
Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers
-
Parametric Amplifiers
-
System Applications
·
Multichannel Systems
-
WDM Lightwave Systems
-
WDM Components
-
WDM System Performance Issues
-
Time-Division Multiplexing
-
Subcarrier Multiplexing
-
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
-
Code-Division Multiplexing
·
Optical Transmission Enabling Technologies
-
Dispersion Management
-
Modulation Schemes
-
Nonlinearity Management
-
Wavelength Conversion
- Optical 3R
-
Forward Error Correction
·
Optical Networks
-
LANs
-
MANs
-
Long-Haul Networks
- Design Guidlines
·
Coherent Lightwave Systems (if time allows)
Academic Integrity
The University’s Code of Academic Integrity (Section 2.1a) is based on
the guiding principle that a student’s submitted work must be the student’s
own. This policy will be applied to
all work submitted for a grade, including exams, projects, and homework.
Copying previously posted solutions or solution manuals is strictly
forbidden; anyone violating this policy will receive zero credit for homework
for the entire semester. All work must be original.
The minimum penalty for submitting work that is not your own is an E
grade. Repeated violations may
result in expulsion from the university.
Study Groups
Working in study groups can be beneficial if
everyone participates. Therefore,
while working in study groups is allowed and even encouraged, all work submitted
for a grade must be your own. When
this rule is violated, the guilty student will receive a grade of zero on the
offending item. Cheating will not
be tolerated.
