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Syllabus for EEL 4440 (Fall 2005)
Title: Optical Communication Systems
(3 credits)
Instructor: Professor Huikai Xie
221 Benton Hall
[email protected]; 846-0441
Course description:
Introduction to optical waveguides and fibers, propagation characteristics of fibers, characterization
methods, LEDs, laser diodes, optical receivers, optical amplifiers, all-optical switching and fiber optic
communication systems. The objective is to give students a comprehensive understanding of the
fundamentals of the operation and design of fiber optic systems and components employed in such
communication systems.
Prerequisites: EEL 3396 or equivalent
Textbook:
Fiber Optic Communications, 5th edition, J.C. Palais, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
Topics:
• Overview of fiberoptic communication systems: evolution, nature of light, advantages and applications
• Optics Review: Ray theory, lenses, imaging, numerical aperture, diffraction
• Lightwave fundamentals: introduction to electromagnetic waves, wave equations, group velocity,
dispersion, polarization, resonant cavities, total internal reflection
• Integrated optic waveguides: dielectric-slab waveguide, modes, coupling, dispersion, integration
• Optic fibers: step-index fibers, graded-index fibers, modes and fields in fibers, pulse broadening and
information rate, fiber fabrication and characterization
• Optical sources and amplifiers: PN junction, LEDs, laser principles, laser diodes, tunable laser diodes,
VCSELs, modulation, optical amplifiers
• Optical receivers: photomultipliers, photodiodes, APDs, responsivity, quantum efficiency, noise,
heterodyne detection, preamplifiers
• WDM concepts and components: WDM principles, N N couplers, star couplers, add/drop multiplexers,
fiber grating filters, tunable sources, and tunable filters.
• All optical-switching: advantages, MEMS introduction, optical MEMS devices for optical switching
Laboratory: 2 one-hour lab tours to become familiar with components used in optical communication systems
Grading: Homework: 15%; Lab: 5%; 3 Tests: 40% (20% each, drop the lowest score); and Final Exam: 40%.
Reference books:
• Optical Fiber Communications, Gerd Keiser, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000
• Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, 3rd Ed., G. P. Agrawal, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
• Optical Sources, Detectors, and Systems, Robert H. Kingston, Academic Press, 1995.
• Optical Communication Systems, 2nd edition, John Gowar, Prentice-Hall, 1993
• Understanding Fiber Optics, 3rd edition, Jeff Hecht, Prentice Hall, 1998.