Delhi Technological University

(Formerly Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi)

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

&
Department of Applied Physics

A rapid growth has been witnessed in Microwave & Optical Fiber based
Telecommunication systems through out the world. This is due to the fact that they
support multiple connectivity and broad bandwidth requirement of Telecommunication
systems and Networks. As a result Telecom industries and R&D organization are in the
need of trained manpower to design, develop and innovate the Microwave and Optical
fiber based telecom systems.
Keeping in view of this, Delhi Technological University (DTU) proposes to start M. Tech
(Microwave and Optical Communication) level program from the academic year 20092010 with an objective to integrate the two competitive technologies in one course in
Electronics & Communication Engineering Department in collaboration with Applied
Physics Department of DTU. This program is designed and developed as an outcome of
the establishment of an advanced R&D centre called TIFAC-Center of Relevance and
Excellence in Fiber Optics and Optical Communication under mission REACH program
of Technology Vision 2020, Govt. of India.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE/SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

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I SEMESTER
Sub Code
Subject
LTP
EC-501
Fiber Optics
3-0-0
Integrated Optics:
EC-502
Technology and
3-0-0
Applications
Optoelectronics
EC-503
3-0-0
Devices and Circuits
Optical Fiber
EC-504
Characterization
0-0-2
Lab
Advanced
EC-551
Electromagnetic
3-0-0
Theory
Numerical
EC-552
Techniques in
3-0-0
Electromagnetic
Microwave
EC-553
0-0-2
Measurement Lab
Self Study Open
EC-554
0-0-1
Area Seminar - I
Total
20

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EC-601

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II SEMESTER
Subject
LTP
Microwave Digital
3-0-0
Communication

ECElective I
6021/6022/6023
ECElective- II
6031/6032/6033
Optical Comn Design
EC-604
and Simulation Lab
ECElective III
6511/6512/6513
ECElective IV
6521/6522
EC-653
Microwave CAD Lab
EC-654
Minor Project I
Total

Internal
50

External
100

Total
150

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150

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70

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150

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150

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70

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50
1000

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External

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50

100

150

3-0-0

50

100

150

3-0-0

50

100

150

0-0-2

30

70

100

3-0-0

50

100

150

3-0-0

50

100

150

0-0-2
0-0-1
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70
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100
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1000

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III SEMESTER
Subject
LTP

Sub Code
ECElective V
7011/7012/7013
ECElectiveVI
7021/7022
Self Study Open Area
EC-703
Seminar II
EC-704
Minor Project-II
EC-705
Major Project I
Total

Internal

External

Total

3-0-0

50

100

150

3-0-0

50

100

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0-0-2

100

100

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IV SEMESTER
Subject
LTP
Major Project II
0-0-20
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20
Total (I+II+III+IV SEM)
80
Sub Code
EC-801

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External
1000
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1000
1000
4000

LIST OF ELECTIVES/SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

S. No

Elective I (II SEM)

Sub Code

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EC-6021

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EC-6022

3.

EC-6023
Elective - II(II SEM)
Sub Code

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EC-6031

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EC-6032

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EC-6033
Elective - III(II SEM)
Sub Code
EC-6511

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EC-6512

3.

EC-6513

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Elective-IV(II SEM)
Sub Code

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EC-6521

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EC-6522
Elective V (III SEM)
Sub Code
EC-7011

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EC-7012

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EC-7013
Elective VI (III SEM)
Sub Code
EC-7021
EC-7022

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Subject
Optical Communication
System
Selective Topics in Optical
Networks
Statistical Mathematics
Subject
Advanced Microwave
Communication Systems
RF, Microwave and
Millimeter Circuits
Satellite Communication
Subject
EMI/EMC
Photonic Switching and
Networks
Selected Topics on Fault
Tolerance in Computers and
Distributed System of
Communication
Subject
Guided Wave Optical
Components and Devices
Optical Electronics
Subject
Antenna Design
Phased Array and Smart
Antennas
Wireless Communication
Subject
Optical Computing
Optical Signal Processing

SYLLABUS
EC-501: Fiber Optics (3-0-0)/I SEM
Review of basic optics, Interference, Diffraction and Polarization; Fiber numerical aperture;
Source of signal attenuation and dispersion; Step and Graded index multimode fibers
including plastic fibers; Pulse dispersion in single-mode fibers: Dispersion-tailored and
dispersion-compensated fibers; Birefringent fibers and polarization mode dispersion; Fiber
bandwidth and dispersion management; Fiber fabrication techniques; Fiber characterization
technique including OTDR; Connectors, splices and fiber cable.
Books Recommended:
1. Understanding Fiber Optics by Jeff Hecht, Prentice Hall, 4th Edition
2. Fiber Optics Communication Technology by Djafar K.Myndaev & Lowell L.
Scheiner, Pearson Education Associates
3. Fundamentals of Optical Fiber by John A. Bucks, Willey Series in Pure and Applied
Optics.
4. Fiber Optics by Ghatak & Thyagrajan, Viva Book, Delhi India.
EC-502: Integrated optics: Technology and Applications (3-0-0) /I SEM
Principles of optical Integrated circuits; Theory of optical waveguides: Planer, Rectangular
core and Rib waveguide, homogeneous and inhomogeneous waveguide; Coupled mode
theory: optical waveguide couplers, tapers, bends; Passive and active waveguides-polarizer,
printer ,optical amplifier, modulators and switches; Opto-electronic integrated circuitsSimulation Tools and CAD packages for optical integrated circuits; Technology: Materials
and Device process, patterning and Lithography, Deposition and Diffusion techniques,
Lithium Niobate based integrated optics technology- Process and Characterization;
Application: Integrated optic devices and circuits for High speed long distance
telecommunication, Optical processing and Optical computing.
Books Recommended:
1. Integrated Optics by Reinhard Marz-Artech House Publisher
2. Integrated Optics by Robert G. Hunsperger-Springer Verlag
3. Optical Integrated Circuits by Hiroshi Nishihara-McGraw Hill Professional
4. Glass Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Devices BY S. Iraj Najafi-SPIE publishing
EC-503: Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits (3-0-0) /I SEM
Laser theory, Rate equations, Gain saturation, threshold; Condition, mode selection, Q
switching, Mode locking; Review of semiconductor physics: energy bands electron and
holes, density of states, Fermi level, p-n junction; Homo- and hetero- junctions, Quantum
wells, Semiconductor materials; LEDs and LDs: Device structure and characteristics; DFB,
DBR and Quantum well lasers; Circuit design for LD transmitters and PIN receivers, OTDR
and Optical spectrum analyzer
Books Recommended:
1. Optoelectronics and Photonics:Principles and Practice by S.o.Kasap-Printice Hall

2. Optical integrated Circuits by Hiroshi Nishihara-Mcgraw Hill Professionals

3. Optoelectronics : An introduction By J.Wilson and JFB Hawkes-Prentice Hall PTR
4. Physics and Optoelectronic Devices by Shun Lien Chung-Wiley Series in Pure and
Applied Optics
EC-504: Optical Fiber Characterization Lab (0-0-2) /I SEM
Experiments related to Optical Fiber Communication.
EC-551: Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (3-0-0) /I SEM
Review of Maxwell equations; Concepts of Source, Duality, Uniqueness & Image theorem,
Equivalence principle, Induction Theorem, Greens Function; Greens reciprocity theorem;
Radiation from simple sources and apertures, Antenna Theory, Receiving antennas and
various types of Antennas, Antenna pattern synthesis; Tensor, Diadic, Integral Equation;
Cylindrical and Spherical Wave Function; Inhomogeneous Field Waveguides, Discontinuity
and Excitation of waveguides, Periodic structure, Floquects Theorem, Integral Transform.
Books Recommended:
1. Advanced Electromagnetic Theory by C.Balanis- Wiley & Sons Inc
2. Time Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields by R.F. Hamington-Mcgraw Hill Book
Company.
3. Field Theory and Guided Waves by R.E.Collin, IEEE Press .

EC-552: Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics (3-0-0) /I SEM

Finite difference Method; Finite Segment Method; Integral equations; TLM method; Moment
method; Ritz Galrkins method; Method of lines; Spectral domain techniques; Mode
matching method; Generalized scattering matrix, Transverse resonance; Practicals on
development of programs using above mentioned methods.
EC-553: Microwave Measurement Lab (0-0-2) /I SEM
Microwave/millimeter-wave passive and active components measurement and analysis;
Digital communication using Microwave system; Measurement of Microwave front end
transceiver and digital transceiver modules.
EC-554: Self Study Open Area Seminar-I (0-0-1) /I SEM
Compulsory seminar by each candidate on the emerging topics related to Microwave and
Optical Communication Engineering.
EC-601: Microwave Digital Communication (3-0-0)/ II SEM

Transmission systems environment; Statistical method in digital transmission systems;

Digital modulation methods; Microwave amplifier; System gain, M-array, PSK and QAM
microwave system; Correlative techniques & application to Digital Radio system design;
Diversity and Protection techniques.
Books Recommended:
1. Digital Microwave Communication Engineering by Bhargava- John Willey & Sons.
2. Digital Communication- Microwave Application by Kamilo Fehr- Prentice Hall
3. Terrestrial Digital Microwave Communications by ferdo Ivanek- artech House
microwave library
EC-6021: Optical Communication Systems (Elective I) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Introduction to communication; review of optical sources, fibers and Detectors; Optical
signaling scheme viz. IM, PL, PCM, PCM/PL, digital PPM, PRM etc. video signal;
Electrooptic modulator; Various receive configurations-direct detection, Homodyne and
heterodyne; Noise source in optical communication-model noise, speckle noise, shot noise,
phase noise thermal noise etc. ; Direct detection receiver- analog and digital; optimum gain in
APD; Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculation; optimization of SNR; MDP and NEP; photon
counter, receiver limits; Optical pre-amplifier design; digital hierarchy; optical line coding
schemes; Performance evaluation of optical receiver for various modulation and
demodulation schemes and their comparative study; Review of various optical amplifiers and
SNR calculation for different applications of optical amplifier in the system; Optical fiber
link design power budget, time budget and maximum link length calculation; hybrid fiber
co-axial/microwave links; fiber-in-the loop (FITL) FTTH.
Books Recommended:
1. Fiber Optics Communication System by Govind P. Agrawal, Willey Series in
Microwave and Optical Engineering.
2. Optical Fiber Communication System, Principles and practice by John M. Senior,
Senior, Prentice Hall of India.
3. Optical Fiber communication by John Gowar, Prentice Hall of India.
EC-6022: Selected Topic in Optical Networks (Elective I) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Topic related to the recent publications appeared in the leading journals like
IEEE/OSA/Electronics Letters/ Review papers/ recent text books etc.
EC-6023: Statistical Mathematics (Elective I) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Neyman-Pearson Lemma, Decision Theory; The Sequential Probability Ratio Test;
Sequential Decision theory; Sufficient statistics; Estimation and Convexity; Minimal
Sufficiency and the Lehmann-Scheffe property; Lower Bounds on Mean-Squared Errors:
Information Inequalities, Exponential Families; Steins Phenomenon and James-Steins
Estimators, Robustness, Breakdown points and 1-D Location M- estimates Asymptotic
Normality of M-Estimates; Efficiency of estimators.

EC-6031: Advanced Microwave Communication Systems (Elective II)(3-0-0)/ II SEM

Topic related to the recent publications appeared in the leading journals like
IEEE/OSA/Electronics Letters/ Review papers/ recent text books etc.
EC-6032: RF, Microwave and Millimeter Circuits (Elective II) (3-0-0) / II SEM
DC and low frequency Circuit Concepts; RF Electronic Concepts; RF amplifier design and
analysis; RF Oscillator design and analysis; RF/Microwave frequency conversion: Rectifier
and detector design, Mixer design; Control circuit design; Analysis of planar circuits: Sample
and arbitrary, Derivation Circuits characteristics; Equivalence of multi-pole planar circuits;
Short boundary planar circuits, Segmentation method, Optimum planar circuits, Different
types of planar transmission and their characteristics: Micro structured lines, stripe, slot,
coplanar, inverted and suspended micro strip lines; Comparisons of various MIC lines;
Discontinuity analysis and Equivalence circuits; Fin lines, Fin guide, H guide, Arrow guide
and surface waveguide.
EC-6033: Satellite Communication (Elective II) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Introduction to communication using satellites; Keplers laws and Orbital Mechanics; Satellite
Launching; Propagation Characteristics, Frequency Spectra and bands; Satellite sub-systems;
Design of satellite links and link equations; Earth station technology, Multiple access
techniques; Applications of GEO, MEO, LEO and V-SATS, Mobile Satellite Communication.
Books Recommended:
1. Satellite communication by Denis Roddy-Mcgraw Hill Professional
2. Satellite communication by Timorthy Pratt by Wiley textbooks
3. Satellite communication Systems: Systems, Techniques and Technology by Gerad
Maral and Michel Bousquet- John Wiley and Sons.

EC-604: Optical Communication Design and Simulation Lab (0-0-2) / II SEM

Experiments related to measurements of wave-guiding parameters of Optical Fibers for
Telecom Applications.
EC-6511: EMI/EMC(Elective III) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Importance of EMI/EMC, EMC rules and regulation: Different regulations, importance of
considering EMC at design level of different components and systems; EMC requirement for
electronic systems: Radiated emission Conducted emission Radiated susceptibility ,
conducted susceptibility Electrostatic discharge , Design Constraints, Advantage of EMC
design , antennas for EMC; Signal spectra, Non Ideal behavior of components Cross talk
there conductor lines and cross talk , Shielded wires , twisted wires , shielding, grounding ,

System design for EMC, Printed circuit board design including details on LISN, Spectrum
Analyzer, Anechoic Chamber etc.
Books Recommended:
1. EMI/EMC selected readings by V. Prasad Kodali and Motohisha Kanda IEEE
Publishing.
2. RFI/EMI/EMC: A designers handbook Primedia Business
3. EMI/EMC computational modeling Handbook By Bruce Archambeault-International
Thomson Publishing Services Ltd.
EC-6512: Photonic switching & Networking (Elective III) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Photonic Switching: Switching architectures, Single and Multistage switching, Space
switching, Time switching, Combinations of space and Time switching; Interconnection
networks: Crossbar, shuffle/Omega, Benes, Close networks and their realizations, Multi
wavelength switching systems, free space interconnections; Photonic networks: Introduction
to computer data networks, Fiber optic LAN architecture and protocols, Ring, Star and Bus
architectures, Fiber distributed data interface (FDDI): I & II, Distributed queen dual bus
(DQDB); High speed bus protocol- RATO Net, Wavelength Division Multiplexed Networks:
LAMBDANET, Coherent star, Pass-Net, Schuffle net, All Optical networks, SONET and
SDH- Functional Architecture, Timing Aspects, and DWDM Optical networks.
Books Recommended:
1. Optical Swaitching and Networking by Regis J. Bates-Mc Graw Hill Publication
2. WDM and Photonic Switching Devices for Network Application by Ray T. Chen,
Joseph C. Chen-SPIE Publisting
3. Optical Networking by Steven Shephard- Mc GrawHill Publication
4. An Introduction to Photonic Switching Fabrics(Application of Communication
Theory) by H.Scott Hinton Plenum Publishing Corporations
EC-6513: Selected Topics on Fault Tolerance in Computers & Distributed
Communication Systems (Elective III) (3-0-0) / II SEM
This includes research and review paper from IEEE/ACM journals/ published books of
current interest for on fault tolerant computing /distributed networks and related areas.
EC-6521: Guided Wave Optical Components and Devices (Elec IV) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Slab and channel optical waveguides; Directional Couplers (waveguide and fiber based) and
coupled mode theory; Modulators; Switches and Filters; Passive Components: splitters,
combiners and attenuators; WDM components: multiplexers and demultiplexers; Periodic
waveguide: waveguide and fiber based gratings and components; Optical fiber sensors.
Books Recommended:
1. Optical Integrated Circuits by Hiroshi Nishihara-McGraw Hill Professional
2. Fundamentals of Optical Waveguide by Ktsunaro Okamoto(Optics and Photonic
Series)-Academic Press

3. Fiber Bragg Gratings: Fundamentals and Application in Telecommunication and

sensing by Andreas Othons & Kriacos Kalli Artech House Optoelectronics)
4. Optical fiber Sensors: Systems and Application by John Dakin & Brain CalshawArtech House Optoelectronics Library
EC-6522: Optical Electronics (Elective IV) (3-0-0) / II SEM
Wave propagation in Anisotropic media; Electro-Optic Effect: Phase and Amplitude
modulators; Electro-Optic Effect: A.O. modulators, detectors and tunable filters; Nonlinear
Optics: SHG, sum & Difference frequency generation, phase conjugation, SRS & SBS, SPM,
Solitons; Non linear effects in Optical fibers.
Books Recommended:
1. Optical Electronics in Modern Communication by Amnov Yariv-Oxford Series in
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
2. Optical Electronics By Ghatak and Thyagrajan, Cambrige University Press
3. Optical Electronics 4e- international Student Edition by Amnov Yariv-Saunders
College Publishing
EC-653: Microwave CAD lab (0-0-2) / II SEM
Design, Simulation and fabrication of different microwave and millimeter wave passive and
active circuits and transceiver circuits using Advanced Microwave circuit design and
simulation software packages.
EC-654: Minor Project I (0-0-1) / II SEM
Compulsory research paper by each candidate on the emerging topics related to
contemporary research & development in the area of Microwave and Optical Communication
System and Networks/ A minor project related to emerging areas in the field of Microwave
and Optical Communication Engineering to be completed with emphasis on the design,
development and innovation of devices, components and networks.
EC-7011 Antenna Design (Elective V) (3-0-0) /III SEM
Fundamental parameters of Antennas; Radiation integrals and potential functions; Wire
Antennas, loop antennas design and analysis of Arrays; Broadband Dipole and matching
techniques; Frequency independent antennas and antenna miniaturization; Aperture antenna,
Horn, Microstrip, Reflector, Lenses, Antenna Measurements.
Books Recommended:
1. Antenna Theory Analysis and Design, Constantine A Balanis, johnWiley & Sons Inc
2. Antenna and Propagation, R.E.Collin, McGraw Hill Book Co.
3. Antenna Theory & Design by Warren L.Stutzman & Gar A. Thile-Wiley Interscience
EC-7012: Phased Arrays and Smart Antennas (Elective V) (3-0-0) /III SEM

Review of Antenna Theory and various types of antennas; Basic array theory and pattern
synthesis techniques, Electromagnetic vectors Sensors, with forming applications; Spatial
diversity for wireless communication direction of arrival estimation in mobile
communication; Blind channel identification and source separation in free space division
Multiple access techniques, Smart antennas , system architecture; Phased array technology
for wireless systems, Adaptive antennas for global systems for mobile Communication and
TDMA systems.
Books Recommended:
1. Phased Array Antennas by R.C. Hansen-Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical
Engineering.
2. Smart Antennas By Tapan K, Sarkar- Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical
Engineering.
3. Smart Antennas by Lal Chand Godra-CRC Press
4. Smart Antennas for wireless Communication: IS-95And Third Generation CDMA
applications by Joseph Liberty and Theodorra S. Rappaport-Prentice Hall.
EC-7013: Wireless Communication (Elective V) (3-0-0) /III SEM
Radio Propagation characteristics: models for path loss, shadowing and multipath fading
(delay spread, coherence bandwidth , coherence time, Doppler Spread) Jakes channel model ;
Spread spectrum Communication and multiple access techniques in mobile wireless
communication: FDMA/TDMA, CDMA; The cellular concept : frequency re-use , theory of
hexagonal cell layout , Spectrum efficiency, FDMA/TDMA, CDMA, cellular system, soft
capacity, Erlang capacity, GSM standards, signaling and call control, mobility management;
Wireless data networking, packet array modeling on fading channels, performance analysis,
links and transport layer protocols over wireless channels, mobile data network, wireless data
in GSM,IS95 and GPRS.
Books Recommended:
1. Mobile Communication by Jochen Schiller-Addison Wesley Pub. Co.
2. Wireless Communication: Principles & Practice by Theodre S. Rapport Prentice
Hall
3. Mobile Radio Communications ByRaymond Steels & Lajos Hanzo- John Wiley &
Sons.
EC-7021: Optical Computing (Elective VI) (3-0-0) /III SEM
Need of Optical Computing; Basic of Fourier Optics; Devices for optoelectronic interface:
Spatial Light Modulators, Liquid crystal devices, Self electro-optical effect Devices; Optical
Transistors; Real time holograms; Optical Logic Circuits; Optical Interconnections:
Crossbars Switch interconnections, Multistage interconnection Networks; Optical Memory:
Hierarchies, cache and virtual memory, Optical word pattern matching, holographic memory;
Logic Elements and Operations: Combinational and sequential logic, Optical matrix
processing.

Books Recommended:
1. Optical Computing: An Introduction by Mohammad A. Karim, Abdul A.S.Awal John
Willey Publisher
2. Optical Computer Architecture By Alastair D. Mcaulay, John Willey Publisher
3. Optical Computing FAP Tooley & B.S. Wherret , IOP Publishing
EC-7022: Optical Signal Processing (Elective VI) (3-0-0)/III SEM
Geometrical Optics; Physical Optics; Fundamentals of digital signal processing; Spectrum
Analysis; Spatial Filtering Systems; Acousto-Optic Devices, Acousto-Optic Power Spectrum
Analysers; Heterodyne System; Heterodyne Spectrum Analysis, Decimated Arrays and Cross
Spectrum Analysis; Space Integrating Correlators; Time Integrating Systems; Two
Dimensional Processing.
Books Recommended:
1. Optical Signal Processing by Anthony Vanderlugt, Willey Interscience
2. Optical Signal Processing by Pankaj K.Das, Macmillian Computer publication
3. Introduction to Fourier Optics by joseph W.Goodman, McGraw-Hill
Science/Engineering/Maths

EC-703: Self Study Open Area Seminar-II (0-0-2) /III SEM

Compulsory seminar by each candidate on the emerging topics related to contemporary
research & development in the area of Microwave and Optical Communication System and
Networks.
EC-704: Minor Project II (0-0-6) /III SEM
A minor project related to emerging areas in the field of Microwave and Optical
Communication Engineering to be completed with emphasis on the design, development and
innovation of devices, components and networks.
EC-705: Major Project I (0-0-6) /III SEM
Student is required to decide topic and submit the synopsis (including methodology) of the
major project work in consultation with the Supervisor at the beginning of third semester and
they have to give presentation of at least 25% work done towards their major project at the
end of semester.
EC-801: Major Project Part-II (0-0-20) /IV SEM
Major projects must be related to design, simulation, fabrication and experiments in the area
of Microwave/Optical Communication systems with emphasis on design and development of

new analytical techniques/device/system/network etc. This is a One Semester Project related

to design, research and development work to be carried out under the supervision of a faculty
member / scientist/ R&D managers.