Dates

Subject

Reading

Problems

Week 1
8/24

Introduction; Optics Fundamentals

1.1-1.5; 2.1-2.2

HW1:  2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-8, 2-9

Lab1:  Lab Intro, Handling Fiber

Week 2
8/31

Rays
Fiber Modes

2.3
2.4.1-2.4.2

Lab2:  Numerical Aperture

Week 3
9/7 - LD

Single-Mode Fiber

2.5-2.6

HW2:  2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-28

Tuesday follows Monday schedule (no lab)

Week 4
9/14

Fiber Attenuation

Group Velocity Dispersion

3.1, 3.2
3.5

HW3:  2-19, 2-21, 3-3, 3-4

Week 5
9/21

Light Emitting Diodes

Semiconductor Sources

4.1-4.3

HW4:  3-13,[3-16],3-26,3-28

Lab4:  Simulation Introduction, Pulse Degradation in Optical Fiber (Computer Labs)

Week 6
9/28

Laser Diodes,

Photodetectors

6.1-6.3
7.1

HW5:  4-4c, 4-6, 4-9, 4-13

Lab5:  Laser Transmitters and Optical Modulation (Computer Lab)

Week 7
10/5

Lab6:  Optical Modulator Characterization

Week 8 
10/12 - CD

Receiver Performance

7.2

EXAM I, 13 Oct 09

Week 9 
10/19 

Receiver Preamplifiers

7.4

Lab7:  Receiver Sensitivity (Computer Lab)

Week 10
10/26 

HW7:  Ch. 7 homework

Lab8:  CNR/BER Measurement

Week 11
11/2

Digital and Analog Links

Passive Devices

8.1, 9.1-9.2

10.1-10.2

HW8:  8-2, 8-6, 8-9

Lab9:  Performance in Point-to-Point Links (Computer Lab)

Week 12
11/9

11/11 - VD

Passive Devices

WDM 

10.1-10.2

10.2-10.4

HW9:  10-2, 10-7

Lab10:  Passive Device Characterization

Week 13
11/16 

Optical Amplifiers

11.1-11.3

HW10:  11-7, 11-8 (with l_p = 980nm)

Lab11:  Optical Amplifiers

Week 14
11/23 - Th

Optical Networks

12.1-12.4

HW11:  12-1, 12-11

EXAM II, 24 Nov 09

Week 15
11/30

Design Project

Lab: Project Demonstration and Simulation

Week 16
12/7

Design Project

Lab: Project Demonstration and Simulation