Instructors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franko Küppers; Dr. Arkadi Chipouline
Event type:
Exercise
Org-unit: Dept. 18 - Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Displayed in timetable as:
UE Opt. Comm. 1
Subject:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
1
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
Optical telecommunication and data networks
Optical transmisison systems
The nature of light / wave-partical dualism
Wave equation / planar wave
Polarization
Absorption, transmission, reflexion, refraction
Connectors and splices
Mirrors, HR-/AR coatings
Film waveguides
Fiber-optic waveguides
Attenuation, modes, dispersion
Fiber types
Dispersion and dispersion compensation
Kerr nonlinearity and self-phase modulation
Optical filters
Wavelength division multiplexers
Magneto-optical effect / optical isolator / circulator
Lasers / basics, concepts, types
Erbium-doped fiber lasers / amplifiers (EDFL / EDFA)
Optical semiconductor laser / amplifier (laser diode)
Electro-optic modulator
Other selected components and devices
Literature:
Lecture slides
Textbook (M. Cvijetic, I. B. Djordjevic: „Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks“)
Preconditions:
ET 1-4, Physics
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