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This document provides information on the EL-456 Fiber Optic Communication course. The course objectives are to provide students with an understanding of optical communication system design principles and components. The course outcomes are that students will learn about fiber optic transmission links, signal losses and distortions, and modulation/demodulation techniques. The syllabus covers topics including optical fibers, intensity modulation direct detection, coherent optical communication systems, and optical networking.

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This document provides information on the EL-456 Fiber Optic Communication course. The course objectives are to provide students with an understanding of optical communication system design principles and components. The course outcomes are that students will learn about fiber optic transmission links, signal losses and distortions, and modulation/demodulation techniques. The syllabus covers topics including optical fibers, intensity modulation direct detection, coherent optical communication systems, and optical networking.

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EL – 456 Fiber Optic Communication

Credits: 4 Updated on 19. 07. 2010

Course Objectives
To provide students with the design and operating principles of modern optical communication systems and
networks. Upon completion of the subject, students should be familiar with commonly used components and
subsystems in optical communication and network systems.
Course Outcomes
After completing this course the students should be able to:
1. Learn the basic elements of optical fiber transmission link, fiber modes configurations and structures.
2. Understand the different kind of losses, signal distortion in optical wave guides and other signal degradation
factors.
3. Learn different types of modulation and demodulation techniques used in optical fiber communication.
4. Learn the fiber optical network components, variety of networking aspects, SONET/SDH and operational
principles WDM.

Syllabus
Unit-I: Optical Fibers

Review of Optical Fibers; Ray Model; Numerical Aperture of Step Index and Graded Index Fibers; Power
Coupling; Normalized Frequency; V Number and Modes in Multi-Mode Fibers, Propagation Constant & Its
Effective Value; Mode Groups; Normalized Propagation Constant, Inter-modal & Intra-modal Dispersion, Single
Mode Fibers; Dispersion Shifted and Dispersion Flattened Fibers; Introduction to Polarization Maintaining Fibers
Unit-II: Intensity Modulation/Direct Detection Techniques
Attenuation Management and Fiber-optic Amplifiers; Dispersion Management and Techniques; System Design
Consideration; Digital Systems: Receivers, Probability of error, Power Budgeting; Analog Systems: Direct
Intensity Modulation, Sub-carrier Intensity Modulation, Sub-carrier Frequency Modulation; Noise Performance
Unit-III: Coherent Optical Communication Systems
Basic System; Detection Principles; Practical Constraints; Modulation and Demodulation Schemes; Receiver
Sensitivities-Probability of Error Calculations; Performance Comparison
Unit-IV: Optical Networking

Fiber Optic Link Design; Distribution Systems; Multiplexing/ Demultiplexing Components and Techniques; Time
Division Multiplexing; SONET/SDH; Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing; Wave Division Multiplexing; WDMA – Single
Hop and Multiple Hop Networks
Text Book(s)/Reference Book(s)

1. G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communication, Tata McGraw Hill, 2013.


2. J. M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications, Pearson Education, 2010.
3. G. P. Agrawal, Fiber Optic Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
4. M.M.K. Liu, Principles and Applications of Optical Communication, Tata McGraw Hill, 1998.

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