OPTI 587L
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Photonic Communications Laboratory (1 unit). This course
is designed to provide the hands-on experience needed to master the basic concepts and
laboratory techniques of optical fiber technology. The projects cover a wide range of
applications in both communications and sensors and cover the use of both multimode and
single-mode fibers. There will typically be an introductory lecture for each lab and a
total of eight lab experiments. Some demonstration experiments will be set-up for other
topics not formally covered by an assigned lab (such as fiber lasers). The introductory
notes/text should provide sufficient background material for the lab experiments as well
as a foundation in fiber optics. Also offered as ECE 587L.
Prerequisites: No specific perquisites
Lecture: Fridays, Room 432, 9:00-9:50
Lab Time: Open Scheduling all Week, Room 206
Office Hours: Friday;10:00-11:00 AM, Room 543
Class Website: http://www.optics.arizona.edu/kkieu/opti587l.htm
Course Content
- Handling optical fibers, numerical aperture
- Measurement of fiber attenuation
- Connectors and splices
- Free space coupling of laser into fibers
- Bending loss in optical fibers
- Components for fiber communication and fiber lasers
- Fiber lasers and amplifiers
- Mode-locked fiber lasers
- Soliton transmission in optical network
- Fiber optics interferometric sensors
Lab Reports
Reports should be quantitative and concise. An acceptable
format for a report should include the following:
- Experimental objectives – what is the purpose of the experiment and what
do you hope to accomplish in the lab. 15%
- Experimental Setup- Show/Explain the experimental arrangement. 15%
- Experimental DATA and Analysis – Report all experimental data recorded
in a clear, easy to follow format. Indicate the error margin for your data
and possible sources of error. 35%
- Discussion and Summary – Were the objectives accomplished? Any new ideas
to improve the measurement? 35%
Grading
- Lecture and lab participation 10%
- Lab reports 80%
- Final presentation 10%
Textbooks:
Class notes will be available online
The following texts are useful:
- Keiser, G. (2000). Optical Fiber Communications (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill
- Pollock, C.R. (1995). Fundamentals of Optoelectronics.
Irwin.
- Ghatak and Thyagarajan, K. (1998). Introduction to Fiber Optics. Cambridge University Press
- Yariv, A. (1997).Optical Electronics in Modern Communications (5th ed.). Oxford
- Agrawal, G.P. (2002). Fiber Optic Communication Systems (3rd ed.). Wiley Inter-Science
General Class Policies
University policies on withdrawals and incompletes will be followed. Please check the course
schedule for important dates. Also please note University policies on academic integrity apply.
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