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Course Plan for B. tech (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Exercises Proposed for teaching in (Jan – May, 2016 Semester)
1. Name of the Teacher : Santanu Maity
2. Department
: ECE
3. Course Title
: Fibre optics communication
4. Course code
: ECE 601
1. Course Hands out (in reference to framed & approved syllabus) (maximum 500
words)
Sl.
No.
1
2
3
4
Contents
Introduction to optical fibre: Ray diagram, different types of
optical fibre, step index, graded index.
Optical Fibre Communication: Principles and systems, Singlemode Fibre: Mode Cut-Off wavelength, Mode-field Diameter,
Equivalent Step-Index (ESI) Profile, Measurement, Dispersion
Measurements: Time-Domain method & Frequency Domain
Method, Geometrical Measurements: diameter, deformation,
eccentricity, elasticity, Mechanical Strength of Optical Fibre
Transmitters and Receivers: LED, Laser Diodes, Lasers, Solar
cell, Bias & stabilization, Driver circuits for analog & digital
modulation, Modulation bandwidth, PIN, APD photodiodes,
photo diode amplifiers, Signal to noise ratio in PIN and APD
receivers, Receiver sensitivity, Eye diagram, Coupling
mechanism, Transmission Characteristics of fibres, short haul,
long haul and high speed links, optical power budget
calculations
Optical Interconnecting Devices: Optical isolators, polarizer,
circulators, attenuators, amplifiers, oscillators, filters, add/drop
multiplexers, optical modulators,
Other optical device used in fibre optics communication: Wave
division multiplexing and demultiplexing, optical switching,
optical amplifier ( Raman, EDFA)
Measurement: Lock-in-Amplifier, Monochromator, Infrared
viewer, Optical spectrum Analyzer, Multi-mode-fibre:
Hour
10
10
10
10
Parameters for characterization, Steady-State Power
distribution, mode stripper, Measurement of Attenuation : Loss
Mechanisms in Fibre, Calorimetric Method, Absorption &
Scattering I/O attenuation, Cut-Back method, OTDR
techniques; Numerical Aperture-trigonometric & Scanning
method, International Standards for Measurements,.
2. Books/Literature to be followed:
(a) Books (Min. 2 texts + 3 references)
(i)
Title
An Introduction to Fiber Optics
Author
Ajoy Ghatak, K. Thyagarajan
Publisher
Cambridge University press
Edition
3rd
(ii)
Title
Optical Fiber Communication
Author
J M Senior
Publisher
Prentice Hall of India
Edition
2nd
(iii)
Title
Optical Fiber Communication
Author
G Keiser
Publisher
McGraw Hill
Edition
3rd
(iv)
Title
Fiber Optic Communication Technology
Author
D K Myabaev& L LScheiner
Publisher
Pearson Ltd
Edition
2nd
(v)
Title
Principles of Optical Fiber Measurements
Author
Dietrich Marcuse
Publisher
Academic Press Inc NY
Edition
2nd
(b) Magazines/Journals (Minimum 5)
1. IEEE Spectrum
2. Electronics for you
3. Electropages
(C) JOURNALS:
1. IEEE Xplore
2. Journal of Optical and Fiber Communications Research - Springer
3. Journal of Optical Communications - Walter de Gruyter
4. Fiber optics and optical communications - Optics InfoBase
7. Mode of Teaching: J.C Bose/S. N. Bose (please tick).
8. If the course is of practices, list the experiments to be offered.
Are the manuals ready for the experiments to be conducted?
Yes/No (please tick)
If “No”, the reasons there of and fixing responsibility
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Remarks/ Endorsement by the HoD
With his /her signature with date
Name of the Teacher: Santanu Maity
Designation: Assistant Professor (ECE)
Signature with Date: