Principles of Optical

Communications
Chapter 1: Introduction

Pham Quang Thai – pqthai.hcmut@gmail.com

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 Content

• Demands
• Solutions
• Evolution

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Growth trends: increase traffic and number
of devices

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 Multiple access techniques
Generation Domain
1G Frequency (FDMA)
2G +Time (TDMA)
3G +Code (CDMA)
4G +Orthogonal frequency (OFDMA)
5G +Non-orthogonal frequency (NOA)

Capacity: C = Blog2(1+SNR)
Optical fiber Coaxial cable
Bandwidth (B) ~ 1012 Hz ~ 108 Hz
Received power (S) ~ 10-1 dB attenuation 10 dB attenuation
Noise (N) No EMI EMI

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Current solutions

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Evolution of optical networks
• 1980-1990:
TDM
(<10Gbps)

• 1990-2010:
WDM
(<10Tbps)

• 2010-now:
coherent
(<100Tbps)

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Future networks
• Wireless: 5G
(Li-fi)

• Wired: SDM
(space division
multiplexing
with multi-
core fiber)

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Course’s co te t appi g to OSI odel

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Applications: design, deploy and operate
optical networks

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Applications: design, deploy and operate
optical networks

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 Assessment
Percent Note

Simulations 30% Grade in class

Final project 20% Group project

Final 50% Multiple choice

(70~90 m)

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 References and textbooks
Chapter References
2: Optical fiber [1, 2, 3]
3: Light source [1, 2, 3]
4: Photodiode [1, 2, 3]
5: Point-to-Point link [4, 5]
6: Optical networks [4, 5, 6]

[1] G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000

[2] Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Edition, John
Wiley & Sons, 1991.
[3] A. Yariv, Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, 5th Edition, Oxford University
Press, 1997
[4] R. Ramaswami and K. N. Sivarajan, Optical Networks – A practical Perspective, 3rd
Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2010
[5] P.Q. Thái, Nguyên lý hệ thống thông tin quang, NXB Đại học Quốc gia, 2016
[6] J. Powers, Introduction to Fiber Optic Systems, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999

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