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12850 (v.2) Optical Communication Systems 404



 

Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact Hours:

5.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12830 (v.2) Electromagnetics 303 or any previous version
AND
12845 (v.2) Communications Engineering 304 or any previous version
Semiconductor optical sources and detectors. Optical receivers - noise modelling and receiver sensitivity, transimpedance and frequency response. Optical fibre amplifiers. Optical fibre propagation, dispersion and attenuation. Optical fibre communications system - power budgeting, loss limited design, dispersion limited design. Passive optical devices. Design of optical communication receivers.


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