Description

\\ Light propagation in fibers and waveguides; termination, coupling, and splicing of fibers; fiber optic communication; optical time domain reflectometry, fiber amplifiers, and fiber sensors.

Description

\\ Light propagation in fibers and waveguides; termination, coupling, and splicing of fibers; fiber optic communication; optical time domain reflectometry, fiber amplifiers, and fiber sensors.

Course Outline

  1. Overview
    • Ray optics
    • Numerical aperture
    • Fiber losses
    • Lab: Cleaving and Polishing

  2. Modes
    • TE \& TM Modes
    • cladding modes
    • Graded Index
    • Lab: Fusion and Connectors

  3. Dispersion
    • Material Dispersion
    • Modal Dispersion
    • Waveguide Dispersion
    • Lab: Optical Time Domain Reflectometry

  4. Transmitters
    • LEDs
    • DFB Lasers
    • VCSELS
    • Lab: Diode Circuits

  5. Receivers
    • Diodes
    • Modulation
    • Amplifier Noise
    • Lab: Avalanche Detectors

  6. Optical Coupling
    • Directional Coupler
    • Integrated interferometers
    • Circulators
    • Lab: Diode Circuits

  7. Optical Amplifiers
    • Semiconductor amplifiers
    • Rare-earth doped fibers
    • Raman amplifiers
    • Lab: Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier

  8. Wavelength Division Multiplexing
    • Broadband WDM
    • Multipexers
    • Sources
    • Lab: Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier

  9. Sensors
    • Interferometers
    • Gyroscopes
    • Polarimetric Sensors
    • Lab: Optical Gyroscope

  10. Review
    • Optical Fibers
    • Sources and Receivers
    • Components
    • Lab: none