OPTI 430/530

02/08

OPTI 430/530. Optical Communication Systems (3) I. (Identical with ECE 430/530.) 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.

Prerequisites

SIE 305, ECE 340, ECE 352, ECE 381; Concurrent registration: ECE 431.

Instructor

Dr.-Ing. Franko Kueppers, Assistant Professor
Office: Optical Sciences (Meinel building) 429
Phone: (520) 622-1778
Email: franko.kueppers@optics.arizona.edu
Web: http://www.optics.arizona.edu/opti_ece_430_530 

Textbooks

G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, Third Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.

R. L. Freeman, Fiber-Optic Systems for Telecommunications, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.

Office Hours

Monday and Wednesday after class (1 PM)

Homework assignments and projects

“Homework assignments” will be issued in the form of “exercises,” i.e. problems with example solutions attached. They do not have to be turned in for grading. Nevertheless, any questions regarding the exercises will be discussed individually or in class.

Two projects will be carried out in small groups (3…4 students): a literature research project and a system design project. Project progress has to be reported continuously over the course of the semester; final presentations have to be given.

Exams

Final exam at the end of the semester.

Final Exam

TBA

Grading

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

·        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 Guidelines

·        Coherent Lightwave Systems (if time allows)