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The document outlines the Fiber Optic Communication course (ELE4510), which is a 4-credit departmental elective with a prerequisite in Digital Communication. It covers fundamental concepts of optical fibers, signal degradation, modulation techniques, and optical networks, along with specific learning outcomes and a detailed syllabus. Recommended textbooks for the course are also listed.

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The document outlines the Fiber Optic Communication course (ELE4510), which is a 4-credit departmental elective with a prerequisite in Digital Communication. It covers fundamental concepts of optical fibers, signal degradation, modulation techniques, and optical networks, along with specific learning outcomes and a detailed syllabus. Recommended textbooks for the course are also listed.

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Effective From: 2020-21

Fiber Optic Communication


Course No : ELE4510
Credits : 4
Course Category : Departmental Elective
Pre-requisite(s) : ELC3420 (Digital Communication)
Contact Hours (L-T-P) : 3-1-0
Type of Course : Theory

Course Outcomes
1. Understand the basic elements of optical fiber transmission link, fiber modes configurations
and structures.
2. Describe various signal degradation factors in optical waveguides and dispersion compensation
techniques.
3. Learn different analog modulation techniques used in optical fiber communication systems.
4. Learn different digital modulation and demodulation schemes used in optical fiber
communication systems and perform design of a point to point digital fiber optic
communication link.
5. Explain fiber networks and standards SONET / SDH and multiple access techniques.

Syllabus
Unit I: Fundamentals of Optical Fibers
Introduction to Optical Fibers; Ray Model; Numerical Aperture of Step Index and Graded Index
Fibers; Power Coupling; V Number and Modes in Multi-Mode Fibers, Propagation Constant;
Mode Groups; Normalized Propagation Constant, Dispersion, Single Mode Fibers; Introduction
to Polarization Maintaining Fibers; Losses in Optical Fibers

Unit II: Noncoherent Optical Communication


Attenuation Management and Fiber-optic Amplifiers; Dispersion Management; System Design
Consideration; Digital Systems: Receivers, Probability of error, Power Budgeting; Analog
Systems: Direct Intensity Modulation, Sub-carrier Intensity Modulation, Sub-carrier Frequency
Modulation.

Unit III: Coherent Optical Communication


Introduction to Coherent Optical Communication; Detection Principles; Practical Constraints;
Modulation and Demodulation Schemes; Receiver Sensitivities-Probability of Error Calculations;
Performance Comparison.

Unit IV: Optical Networks


Fiber Optic Link Design; Distribution Systems; Multiplexing/ Demultiplexing Components and
Techniques; Time Division Multiplexing; SONET/SDH; Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing; Wave
Division Multiplexing; WDMA – Single Hop and Multiple Hop Networks.

Books:
1. G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communication, Tata McGraw Hill, 2013.
2. J. M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications, Pearson Education, 2010.
3. G. P. Agrawal, Fiber Optic Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
4. M.M.K. Liu, Principles and Applications of Optical Communication, Tata McGraw Hill,
1998.

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