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Course Objective
To familiarize the students with various engineering design aspects of optical communications and the optical fiber technology. To provide a detailed understanding of optical sources, optical receivers and components. The students would also work through the link budget analysis of optical fibers and would be introduced to optical networks including the WDM and DWDM networks.
Reference Texts
Roger L. Freeman, Fiber Optic Systems for Telecommunications, Wiley Series John M. Senior Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall
Additional Reading
J.R. Dutton Understanding Optical Communications, Prentice Hall Govind P. Agrawal, Lightwave Technology: Telecommunication Systems, John Wiley and Sons. Rajiv Ramaswami, Kumar N. Sivirajan Optical Networks: a practical prespective, Elesevier.
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