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Fiber Optic Communication Teaching Schedule Hours/Week Theory Tutorial Practical 3 2
Examination Scheme Internal Assessment Final** Theory Practical* Theory Practical 20 25 80 -
* Continuous ** Duration: 3 hours 1.
Introduction 1.1 Transmission media 1.2 History 1.3 Communication Technologies 1.4 Applications. 1.5 System 1.6 Challenges Ahead
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Light Wave Fundamentals 2.1 Electromagnetic Waves. 2.2 Dispersion, Pulse, Distortion and Information Rate. 2.3 Polarization 2.4 Resonant Cavities 2.5 Reflection at plane boundaries 2.6 Critical Angle reflection
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Optical Fiber Waveguides 3.1 Step Index Fiber 3.2 Graded Index Fiber. 3.3 Attenuation 3.4 Modes in Step Index and Graded Index Fiber 3.5 Pulse Distortion and Information Rate in Optical Fiber 3.6 Construction of Optical Fibers 3.7 Optical Fiber cables.
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Light Sources 4.1 Properties 4.2 Types of Light Sources 4.2.1 LED: Principles, Operating Characteristics, Types 4.2.2 Laser: Principles, Operating Characteristics, Types. 4.3 Comparison 4.4 Modulation 4.5 Modulation Bandwidth
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Light Detectors and Receivers 5.1 Properties and Characteristics 5.2 Types of Photodiode 5.2.1 PIN 5.2.2 APD 5.3 Receivers 5.4 Noise Sources 5.5 Performance 5.5.1 SNR 5.5.2 BER
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Optical Devices 6.1 Connectors + Optical Splice 6.2 Attenuators 6.3 Coupler
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Splitter Filters Fiber Brag Grating Optical Isolator Circulators Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer & Demultiplexer
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Optical Switches 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Switch Fabric 7.3 Types of Switch 7.4 Optical Cross Connects 7.5 Optical Cross Connects Architecture 7.6 Large Scale Switches 7.7 Application-Router
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Optical Amplifier 8.1 Why the need for optical amplifier? 8.2 Spectra 8.3 Noise 8.4 Types 8.5 Principle of Operation 8.6 Main parameters 8.7 Applications System characterization 9.1 System design 9.2 Digital Systems 9.2.1 Link power budget 9.2.2 Link rise time (bandwidth) budget 9.2.3 Transmission distance 9.3 Analog systems
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Lab: Visit to nearest optical center available.
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