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    This document provides a short syllabus for the course "Optical Fiber Communications". The course is worth 2 credits and covers topics such as optical fiber structures and waveguides, signal degradation mechanisms in fibers, optical transmitters and receivers, digital fiber optic links and measurements, wavelength division multiplexing concepts and components, and optical amplifiers. The course objectives are listed as understanding fiber principles and degradation, optical sources and detectors, and WDM techniques. The outcomes are for students to describe fiber laws and structures, analyze signal degradation, design transmitters and receivers, evaluate point-to-point links, and examine WDM applications and amplifiers.

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    This document provides a short syllabus for the course "Optical Fiber Communications". The course is worth 2 credits and covers topics such as optical fiber structures and waveguides, signal degradation mechanisms in fibers, optical transmitters and receivers, digital fiber optic links and measurements, wavelength division multiplexing concepts and components, and optical amplifiers. The course objectives are listed as understanding fiber principles and degradation, optical sources and detectors, and WDM techniques. The outcomes are for students to describe fiber laws and structures, analyze signal degradation, design transmitters and receivers, evaluate point-to-point links, and examine WDM applications and amplifiers.

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    This document provides a short syllabus for the course "Optical Fiber Communications". The course is worth 2 credits and covers topics such as optical fiber structures and waveguides, signal degradation mechanisms in fibers, optical transmitters and receivers, digital fiber optic links and measurements, wavelength division multiplexing concepts and components, and optical amplifiers. The course objectives are listed as understanding fiber principles and degradation, optical sources and detectors, and WDM techniques. The outcomes are for students to describe fiber laws and structures, analyze signal degradation, design transmitters and receivers, evaluate point-to-point links, and examine WDM applications and amplifiers.

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    Short Syllabus

    BECE308L Optical Fiber Communications (2-0-0-2)

    OpticalFiber: Structures, Waveguides - Ray optics, Mode theory, Fiber Types; Signal
    Degradation - Nonlinear Optical Effects, SRS, SBS, SPM, CPM, FWM; Optical Transmitters -
    Power and Modulation Bandwidth, Modulators, Transmitter Design; Optical Receivers –
    Photodetector, PIN, APD, Receiver Design; Digital links and Measurements – Point to Point
    Links, Attenuation, OTDR; WDM Concepts and Components - Filters, Multiplexers, WDM
    System Performance Issues; Optical Amplifiers - Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers;
    Item 66/22 - Annexure - 18

    Course Code Course Title L T P C


    BECE308L Optical Fiber Communications 2 0 0 2
    Pre-requisite BECE306L, BECE306P Syllabus version
    1.0
    Course Objectives
    1. To understand the principles of optical fibers and their signal degradation.
    2. To familiarize with the fundamentals of optical sources and detectors used in
    communications.
    3. To learn WDM techniques and its components in contemporary optical
    communication systems.

    Course Outcomes
    At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
    1. List the fundamental optical laws, structures and waveguides.
    2. Comprehend the various signal degradation in the fiber optical communication.
    3. Design the optical transmitters and receivers and evaluate their performances.
    4. Estimate the system requirements for point to point communication.
    5. Examine the significance of WDM techniques and their applications.
    6. Comprehend and analyse the performance of the various optical amplifiers.

    Module:1 Optical Fiber: Structures, Waveguides 3 hours


    Key elements of optical fiber system-Ray optics, Mode theory, Geometrical-Optics
    Description, Fiber Types - specialty fibers.

    Module:2 Signal Degradation 5 hours


    Attenuation-Absorption, Scattering, Bending losses, Dispersion-Material, Waveguide
    Dispersion, Polarization Mode Dispersion, Intermodal dispersion, Mode Transit time,
    Dispersion-Induced Limitations, Nonlinear Optical Effects- SRS, SBS, SPM, CPM, FWM.

    Module:3 Optical Transmitters 4 hours


    Sources: LED-Structures-Quantum Efficiency, Power and Modulation Bandwidth- LASER-
    DFB, DBR, VCSEL, Quantum Efficiency, Modulators - Direct and external modulators,
    Transmitter Design.

    Module:4 Optical Receivers 5 hours


    Photodetector-PIN, APD, Receiver Design, Receiver Noise-CNR&SNR), Receiver
    Sensitivity, Quantum limit, Sensitivity Degradation, Receiver Performance-Probability of
    error, Bit Error rate, Eye-Diagram.

    Module:5 Digital links and Measurements 4 hours


    Digital links: Point-to-Point Links-System Consideration-Link power budget-Rise time budget,
    System performance- Attenuation, Dispersion measurements-OTDR.

    Module:6 WDM Concepts and Components 5 hours


    Overview of WDM, Fiber Coupler-Wave guide coupler-Star couplers, Isolators and
    Circulators - Fiber Bragg Grating, Filters, Multiplexers, WDM System Performance Issues-
    Compensation techniques.

    Module:7 Optical Amplifiers 2 hours


    Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Raman Amplifiers, Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers.

    Module:8 Contemporary Issues 2 hours

    Proceedings of the 66th Academic Council (16.06.2022) 419


    Item 66/22 - Annexure - 18

    Total Lecture hours: 30 hours

    Text Book(s)
    1. Gerd Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, 2017, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill
    Education, India.
    Reference Books
    1. Conway, E., Optical Fiber Communications Principles and Practice, 2018, 1st Edition,
    ED-TECH Press, United Kingdom.
    2. Singal, T. L. Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Applications, 2017,
    Cambridge University Press, India.
    3. Keiser, G., Fiber Optic Communications, 2021, 1st Edition, Springer, Singapore
    Mode of Evaluation: Continuous Assessment Test, Digital Assignment, Quiz and Final
    Assessment Test

    Recommended by Board of Studies 14-05-2022


    Approved by Academic Council No. 66 Date 16-06-2022

    Proceedings of the 66th Academic Council (16.06.2022) 420

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