ECE 543 - Optical Fiber Communications

Unit(s): 3

Lecture: 3 hours
Lightwave fundamentals, optical fiber as transmission media, losses and bandwidth, fiber cables. Optical sources, detectors. Optical components such as switches, access couplers, wavelength multiplexers and demultiplexers. Analog and digital transmission techniques, line coding techniques, optic heterodyne receivers, thermal and shot noise, bit error rates, optical transmission system design. Optical T-carrier systems and SONET, future directions. The course may require significant lab and/or project activity.

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 230, PHYS 231 and ECE 440 or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded