EE472 Fiber Optical Communications

Catalog Data & Credits (Recitation-Lab-Total)

EE472 Fiber Optical Communications (3-2-4): An introduction to the nature of optical waveguides and fiber optical communications systems. Fiber propagation modes, dispersion and attenuation are studied. Lightwave transmitters and receivers, optical amplifiers, and components for wavelength division multiplexing are discussed, and a complete optical communication network is analyzed.

Pre-requisites

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate a conceptual and practical understanding of the fundamental components of a fiber optic link: light sources, receivers, and the optical fiber.
2. Develop a practical perspective on the use of emerging photonic technologies and systems that use optical fiber for communications, such as wavelength-division multiplexing, optical modulators, optical amplifiers, and various passive optical components for optical networks.
3. Develop a practical perspective on the use of emerging photonic technologies and interrogation techniques that use optical fiber for sensing strain and temperature, such as fiber Bragg grating sensors, interferometric sensors, and distributed sensors.