CHRIST UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING I SEMESTER-MTECH 2012-2013 COURSE HANDOUT Date: 25/06/2012 In addition to prescribed syllabus for all

courses appended to the timetable this portion gives further specific details regarding the course. Course No : EC 734 Course Title : OPTICAL COMMUNICATION Faculty : Vinay Jha Pillai Email : vinay.pillai@christuniversity.in 1. Course Description:

This course introduces the various optical fiber modes, configurations and various signal degradation factors associated with optical fiber. It also deals with the study about various optical sources and optical detectors and their use in the optical communication system. Finally it discusses about digital transmission and its associated parameters on system performance.
2. Scope and Objective:

To learn the basic elements of optical fiber transmission link, fiber modes configurations and structures. To understand the different kind of losses, signal distortion in optical wave guides and other signal degradation factors. Design optimization of SM fibers, RI profile and cutoff wave length.

To learn the various optical source materials, LED structures, quantum efficiency, Laser diodes and different fiber amplifiers. To learn the fiber optical receivers such as PIN APD diodes, noise performance in photo detector, receiver operation and configuration. To learn fiber slicing and connectors, noise effects on system performance, operational principles WDM and solutions.

3. Text Book:

T1. Gerd Keiser, Optical Fiber Communication McGraw Hill International, Singapore, 3rd ed., 2000
4. Reference Books:

R1. J.Senior, Optical Communication, Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall of India, 1994. R2. J.Gower, Optical Communication System, Prentice Hall of India, 2001.

5. Course Plan: Lecture No. Learning Objectives 1 Overview of the course 2 3 4 5,6&7 Fiber Evolutions Topics to be covered UNIT 1 Introduction to Optical Communication Evolution of Fiber optic system & Elements of an optical Transmission link Ray Optics Reference ------T1: 1.2 &1.3 T1 : 2.2 T1: 2.3 T1: 2.4 (2.4.1, 2.4.2 & 2.4.8) T1: 2.5 T1: 2.6

8 9

10,11 12,13 14,15 16 17,18

Fundamentals of Light and its propagation Fundamentals of Light Optical Fiber Modes & Configuration and its propagation Fundamentals of Light Mode theory of Circular Wave guides and its propagation (Overview of Modes-Key Modal concepts, Linearly Polarized Modes) Propagation in SM Single Mode Fibers Propagation in GI- fiber Graded Index fiber structure. UNIT 2 Signal Degradation in Optical Fiber Signal losses in Fiber Attenuations in fibers Signal losses in Fiber Signal losses in Fiber Signal losses in Fiber Signal Distortion in Optical Wave guides Pulse Broadening in GI fibers Mode Coupling Design Optimization of SM fibers-RI profile and cut-off wavelength UNIT 3 Fiber Optical Sources & Coupling

T1: 3.1 (3.1.1,3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, & 3.1.5) T1: 3.2 (3.2.1 to 3.2.7) T1: 3.3 T1: 3.4 T1 : 3.5 (3.5.1 & 3.5.2)

19,20

Fundamentals of Light Direct & Indirect band Gap materials, sources Light-Emitting Diode- source

T1:4.1.4, 4.2 (4.2.1 to 4.2.4)

21,22,23

24 25 26 27

28,29 30 31 32 33 34,35 36

37,38,39 40,41 42 43 44,45

materials, Quantum efficiency & LED power, Modulation of a LED Fundamentals of Light LASER Diodes- modes & threshold sources condition, rate equation, external quantum efficiency, resonant frequencies, temperature effects,intro to quantum laser, Fiber amplifiers. Fundamentals of coupling Power launching and coupling Fundamentals of coupling Lensing Schemes Fundamentals of coupling Fiber to- Fiber joints Fundamentals of coupling Fiber splicing UNIT 4 Fiber Optical Receivers Fundamentals of Light PIN diode & APD Detectors SNR Photo-detector Noise- source &SNR Response time Detector Response Time Study of Avalanche Noise Avalanche Multiplication Noise Comparison between PIN Comparison of Photo detectors &APD Parameters of Receiver Fundamental Receiver Operationpreamplifiers, error sources, receiver configuration Parameters of Receiver Probability of Error & The Quantum Limit UNIT 5 Digital Transmission System Power Budgeting Point to Point Links- System considerations, Link Power Budget, Rise Time Budget System Performance to Noise effects on system performance various noises WDM Principle Operations Principles of WDM Light Amplifier Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier Fundamentals Networking Standards for Basics on concept of SONET/SDM Optical Communication Network

T1: 4.3.1 to 4.3.4 & 4.3.8

T1 : 5.1 T1: 5.2 T1: 5.3 T1: 5.5

T1: 6.1 T1: 6.2 T1: 6.3 T1: 6.4 T1: 6.7 T1: 7.1 (7.1.1 to 7.1.3) T1: 7.2

T1: 8.1 (8.1.1, 8.1.2 & 8.1.3 ) T1: 8.4 T1: 10.1 T1: 11.3 T1: 12.2

NB: Among the five hours of lectures in a week, one hour will be considered exclusively as a tutorial hour. The above-mentioned lecture hours are without taking into consideration the tutorial hours. Along with the above 45 lectures you would also be having 15 hours of tutorial sections, which would make it to a total of 60 hours. 6. Home assignments will be announced in the class.

7. Evaluation Scheme:

EC No. 1 2

Evaluation Module Component CIA I MSE CIA II Test I (Descriptive)

3 4

CIA III Semester Exam

Duration Date, Time & (minutes) Venue 120 Aug 2012 90 minutes Tentatively on 18-July 2012 and 19-SeptTest II (Objective- 60 minutes 2012 Quiz) respectively Assignments & Mini--Randomly projects allotted to the students ESE 180 Oct 2012

Nature of Component Closed Book Closed Book

Open Book/Source Closed Book

8. Chamber Consultation Hours: To be announced in the class. 9. Make-up Policy: Make Up for any component will be given only in genuine cases. In all cases prior intimation must be given to faculty concerned. In case of any kind of illness a Doctors certificate is mandatory. 10. Notices: Notices regarding the course will be displayed on the general notice board of Block II & the course web page.

Instructor - In charge Vinay Jha Pillai EC734