Subject Code: EC6L012	Subject Name: Optical Communication	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credits: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Communication Engineering
Introduction: overview of optical fiber communications, optical spectral bands, fundamental of data communication concepts, network information rate. Optical fibers: introduction to the optical fibres: evolution of optical fibres, itu-t standards g652, g655, optical fibres cables, measurements on optical links: the otdr principles, Optical sources: light-emitting diodes, power–current characteristics, led spectrum, semiconductor lasers, optical gain, feedback and laser threshold, laser structures. Distributed feedback lasers, coupled-cavity semiconductor lasers, tunable semiconductor lasers, laser characteristics, reliability considerations, Optical detection: photo detectors, optical receivers, detector responsivity, rise time and bandwidth, common photo detectors, p–i–n photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, receiver design, receiver noise, coherent receiver, noise mechanisms, receiver sensitivity, bit-error rate, minimum received power, quantum limit of photo detection, intensity noise, timing jitter, receiver performance, Digital: point-to-point links, power penalties, error control, intensity modulation, coherent modulation, wavelength multiplexing (wdm) techniques, components for wdm, optical amplifier and optical filters for wdm links, Optical networks: network concept, network topology, sonet/sdh, components for optical networks: characteristics and evolution trends- oadm (optical add and drop multiplexers)- oxc (optical cross connecters)- wavelength converters (w-c).
Text Books: G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, Third Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002, ISBN: 0-471-21571-6. G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw-Hill, 2000, ISBN-13: 978-0070648104, 2008. Reference Books: J. Senior, “Optical Fiber Communications. Principle and Practice,” Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 978-8131732663. J.P. Laude, “DWDM Fundamentals, Components and Applications,” Artech House, 2002, ISBN-13: 978-1580531771. R. Ramaswami, “Optical Networks. A Practical Perpective,” Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. ITU-T Recommendations, ISBN-13: 978-8181472076. R. L. Freeman, Fiber-Optic Systems for Telecommunications, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002, ISBN 978-81-317-1791-2. Eugene Hecht , Optics, 4th Edition, (Addison-Wesley) (ISBN: 0-8053-8566-5). Djafar K. Mynbaev and Lowell L. Scheiner, Fiber-Optic Communications Technology, (Prentice-Hall) (ISBN: 0-13-962069-9). Joseph C. Palais , Fiber Optic Communications, 4th Edition, (Prentice Hall) (ISBN: 0-13-895442-9). Selvarajan and Kar, “Optical Fiber Communications” Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2003.

Subject Code: EC6L012

Subject Name: Optical Communication

L-T-P: 3-0-0

Credits: 3

Pre-requisite(s): Communication Engineering

Introduction: overview of optical fiber communications, optical spectral bands, fundamental of data communication concepts, network information rate. Optical fibers: introduction to the optical fibres: evolution of optical fibres, itu-t standards g652, g655, optical fibres cables, measurements on optical links: the otdr principles, Optical sources: light-emitting diodes, power–current characteristics, led spectrum, semiconductor lasers, optical gain, feedback and laser threshold, laser structures. Distributed feedback lasers, coupled-cavity semiconductor lasers, tunable semiconductor lasers, laser characteristics, reliability considerations, Optical detection: photo detectors, optical receivers, detector responsivity, rise time and bandwidth, common photo detectors, p–i–n photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, receiver design, receiver noise, coherent receiver, noise mechanisms, receiver sensitivity, bit-error rate, minimum received power, quantum limit of photo detection, intensity noise, timing jitter, receiver performance, Digital: point-to-point links, power penalties, error control, intensity modulation, coherent modulation, wavelength multiplexing (wdm) techniques, components for wdm, optical amplifier and optical filters for wdm links, Optical networks: network concept, network topology, sonet/sdh, components for optical networks: characteristics and evolution trends- oadm (optical add and drop multiplexers)- oxc (optical cross connecters)- wavelength converters (w-c).

Text Books:

G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, Third Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002, ISBN: 0-471-21571-6.
G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw-Hill, 2000, ISBN-13: 978-0070648104, 2008.

Reference Books:

J. Senior, “Optical Fiber Communications. Principle and Practice,” Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 978-8131732663.
J.P. Laude, “DWDM Fundamentals, Components and Applications,” Artech House, 2002, ISBN-13: 978-1580531771.
R. Ramaswami, “Optical Networks. A Practical Perpective,” Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. ITU-T Recommendations, ISBN-13: 978-8181472076.
R. L. Freeman, Fiber-Optic Systems for Telecommunications, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002, ISBN 978-81-317-1791-2.
Eugene Hecht , Optics, 4th Edition, (Addison-Wesley) (ISBN: 0-8053-8566-5).
Djafar K. Mynbaev and Lowell L. Scheiner, Fiber-Optic Communications Technology, (Prentice-Hall) (ISBN: 0-13-962069-9).
Joseph C. Palais , Fiber Optic Communications, 4th Edition, (Prentice Hall) (ISBN: 0-13-895442-9).
Selvarajan and Kar, “Optical Fiber Communications” Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2003.