8EC3-OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

  Units    Contents of the subjects
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OPTICAL FIBERS - Basic optical laws and definitions, Principles of light propagation in fibers, Ray theory, Optical fiber modes and configurations, Step index and graded index fibers, Monomode and multimode fibers, Fiber materials, fiber fabrication, Fiber optic cables. Attenuation, signal distortion in optical fibers, Dispersionintra modal & inter modal, Dispersion shifted and flattened fiber.
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OPTICAL SOURCES - LED’s- Structure, Materials, Characteristics, Modulation, Power & efficiency, Laser Diodes - Basic concept, Hetro Structure, properties and
modulation.
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OPTICAL DETECTORS - PIN and Avalanche photo diodes, photo detector noise, detector response time, Avalanche multiplication noise. Photo diode materials.
Fundamental of Optical Receiver Operation.
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OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS- Source to fiber coupling, fiber to fiber joints, fiber splicing, fiber connectors. Principal components. Link design calculation, Applications, Wavelength division multiplexing.
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OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS: Measurements of Fiber attenuation, Dispersion, refractive index profile, Numerical aperture & diameter.

Text/References:
• Optical Fibre And Laser: Principles And Applications, De, Anuradha, New Age
• Opto Electronics And Fibre Optics Communication, Sarkar, D.C,
• Optical Fiber Communications: Principles And Practice, G P Agrawal, Govind P Agrawal, Wiley
• Optical Fiber Communications: Principles And Practice, John Senior, PHI
• Fiber Optics Communications, Joseph C Palais, PHI
• Fiber- Optic Communications Technology, Lowell L Scheiner, PHI
• Fiber Optics Communications, Harold Kolimbiris, PHI
• Understanding Fiber Optics, Jeff Hecht, PHI
• Optical Communication System, Johan Gowar, PHI
• Fiber Optics And Optoelectronics, Khare, Oxford
• Introduction To Optical Fiber Communications Systems, William B. Jones, Oxford
• Optical Wdm Networks - Principles And Practice, Biswanath Mukherjee, Oxford
• Optical Fiber Communication: Principles And Practice,: John M Senior, Pearson
• Fiber Optics Communication(With Cd), Kolimbiris, Pearson
• Fiber Optics Communication Technology, Mybaev, Pearson
• Optical Communication, Palais, Pearson
• Optical Fiber Communications, Keiser, Gerd, TMH
• Fiber Optics Communications, Gerard Lachs, Bepdf, TMH
• Optical Fiber Communication: Principles And Systems, Selvarajan, A, TMH