Optical Communications OBJECTIVES The student will be introduced to the functionality of each of the components that comprise a fiber-optic communication system • the properties of optical fiber that affect the performance of a communication link and types of fiber materials with their properties and the losses occur in fibers. • the principles of single and multi-mode optical fibers and their characteristics • working of semiconductor lasers, and differentiate between direct modulation and external electro-optic modulation. • Analyze the operation of LEDs, laser diodes, and PIN photo detectors (spectral properties, bandwidth, and circuits) and apply in optical systems. • Analyze and design optical communication and fiber optic sensor systems. • the models of analog and digital receivers. CO1: Should be able to review the propagation of light in various fibers, operation of optical transmitter and receiver, Concepts of Fiber optic networks. CO2: Analyze the channel impairment
