EC-374 Optical Communication Systems 4(3L+2P) Review of principles of light propagation in fibers, waveguiding in optical fibers, step index

and graded index fibres, mono mode & multimode fibres, dispersion relations. Signal degradation: Dispersion, attenuation & scattering in fibres, link analysis. Fibre Measurement: Measurement of fibre attenuation, bandwidth, power, & cut-off wavelength, OTDR. Opto electronic devices:- LEDs, Lasers, Photo-diodes, PIN diodes etc. Analog and Digital optical transmission systems, Link Analysis, system design considerations for point-to-point links, noise sources in optical communication, system architecture. WDM, Coherent optical systems. Methods of modulation, Heterodyne and Homodyne systems, Noise in coherent systems, Multichannel coherent systems, Optical amplifiers, Introduction to lightwave networks Reference Books : 1. Fiber Optics and Optoelectronics R.P. Khare 2. Optical Communication-VK Jain, Franz 3. Optical Communication - Keiser