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 
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| 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. | 
 
 Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External |  | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |   |   |   
 
Area External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |  
Central External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |  
 
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