OPTI/ECE 430/530

Optical Communication Systems (3 units). 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.

Undergraduate Prerequisite: Advanced Standing: Engineering

Instructor:
Professor Milorad Cvijetic
Phone: 626-1778
Email: milorad@optics.arizona.edu

Office Hours:
Room 429 or 8th Floor Breakout Area | MTW 11 AM to 12 Noon

Textbooks:

Required
Cvijetic, M. (2004). Optical Transmission Systems Engineering. Artech House
ISBN: 978-1580536363

Highly Recommended
Agrawal, G.P. (2010). Fiber-Optic Communication Systems (4th ed.). Wiley
ISBN: 978-0470505113
Homework Assignments
"Homework assignments" will be given biweekly. Solutions will be discussed on Fridays.

Exams:
Final exam will be given at the end of the semester.

Grading:
Homework: 20%
Midterm Exam: 30%
Final Exam: 50%

Tentative Course Outline:
  • 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

  • Lightwave Transmission Systems
    • Intensity Modulation - Direct Detection Systems
    • Homodyne and heterodyne detection
    • Modulation formats: ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM
    • Demodulation schemes
    • Polarization multiplexing
    • Coherent OFDM systems
    • Bi-error rates and receiver sensitivity
    • Sensitivity degradation
    • System performance

  • 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 Formats
    • Nonlinearity Management
    • Wavelength Conversion
    • Optical 3R
    • Forward Error Correction

  • Optical Networks
    • Access and Metro Networks
    • Long-Haul Networks
    • Design Guidelines
Student 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.